Southern Technical College - Sanford - Sanford, Florida

Heidy J. ?. B. R.

Very disappointed with your dirty play towards my daughter. You crushed her dream with your lack of management when it came to externship situation. Your charade was incredible, for nothing. So much for the so called "help" which meant nothing. She work hard and sacrifice a lot, and there's money involved. That seems to be what you care for, as long as students are in debt owning money. You portrait yourself as the best of the best out there, and emphasize in students guarding the prestige of the school in and out of it, but what about you when it comes to doing your part when the student needs you the most. You sent her to two places they were a waste of her time and still she made hours of externship, one of them a very troubled clinic you knew about. You compromised your word that you in a week fixing everything for her to finish the hours in a place. After she filled the application you sent her to, and even received a text confirming were working with it, you dare to send her a text saying you were withdrawing her and she needed to re-enroll do to not 14 days not attendance. Those were days she did what you ask and waited as you said. How do you pretend for her to re enroll as if all her sacrifice all this time was for nothing. Those were not the things talked in the meeting 10/28/2024 when you clearly said you'll solved this situation. You practically are punishing her for something that's not up to her, and she had no control but with for you to do your part base on the text received 11/4/2024; Then yesterday 11/12/2024 you dare to text, not call but text that you were dropping her out... Very dirty played, and unfair.

Jacob M.

Great school with knowledgeable and passionate staff. If you're interested in learning trades, I recommend visiting this campus.

Michael P.

I went and graduated from stc for welding. The program was a mess and calling is disorganized would be an understatement. I constantly blew up the student surveys and talked with the instructors. Nothing ever changed and was constantly given the escuse that they hadn't taught the course before. The following statement should sum of the school. I graduated Feb of 2022, and so did my girlfriend. Yet, neither of us have ever received our degrees. The school has zero issue calling to hound us about whether or not we are in our field to get their placement numbers up. Yet we can't even get them to send us our degrees we earned. I also ended up owing the VA money because of a paperwork issue that the school messed up on. After going back and forth with the school over the course of a year they still couldn't get it right. So I opted to pay the money just to get passed this headache. Meeting my girlfriend at this school was the only thing that saved me from regretting attending. However, find a different school elsewhere. This one should be considered the poster child for for-profit school. Take your money and give you the bare minimum in return.

Also, alot of the five star reviews are submitted by the staff. Patsy is the director of course she's going to give it five stars.

Update - my girlfriend is now my wife of two months! We still never got our degrees but gave up. I still get emails from them updating me on class schedules as though I'm still attending and didn't graduate 2 years ago, so obviously I still stand behind my review.

Update 2 - Mar 2025 still never got our diplomas my wife even walked the stage in Feb 2022. We have been married for over a year now. I still get emails from the school about class schedules like I attend the school even though I graduated 3+ years ago. I will continue to update each year. I still continue to actively tell people to not attend this school

Jason H.

I have had the opportunity to on-bord several students from southern tech Sanford school. Each of them in there own way have been a wonderful asset to my team. I appreciate the partnership and support of the school. They provide what is needed to help with the very basics of HVAC. I certainly will continue to participate and partner with the school as our industry is facing a huge shortage of skilled professionals to provide services for our community. Thanks STU.

Verdugo

Currently attending the vet program here. The teachers are amazing, and value hands on learning. They really want to see you succeed and push you to do so. The valuable relationships you will make here with the teachers is worth the cost of the schooling… valuable information paired with staff that strive to push your life in the direction you’re ready to go in. The picture I attached is my kitty chilling in class… he loves my teachers!

Frank M.

When I read the few negative comments about this school, my mind is blown. I have witnessed first hand the student successes. I have spoken to students directly who have graduated and are working in the field. I have spoken to students directly who are currently in school that sing the praises of how much the faculty and staff support the student body when they were down and out and at their lowest point. The teachers push you, the director of education pushes you, the Executive Director pushes you. Sometimes the faculty and staff want to see the student succeed more than the student wants it and the faculty and staff go above and beyond to help these students finish college. The Career Services department at this school is amazing. I have never met anyone like Nancy and Vicki before. They are so willing to give their ALL to help these students get hired. They actually have a free food pantry in their office to make sure hungry students can eat, they have free clothes and I have seen shoes to make sure students can dress properly to interview. They have successfully job placed over 80% of the graduates in every single program. If a student does not graduate, it's not because of the school. People need to focus on the 100 positive comments, not the 5 or 6 negative comments. Isolated events from mad students should not affect your decision to come to this school. Southern Tech in Sanford, keep doing what you are doing. I am impressed.

Jillian P.

I took my daughter to the school to enroll in the medical assistant program. I love Karina the Admission representative. She was amazing. She made us feel welcomed and answered all our questions and gave us the tour. I highly recommend they come to see her when they want to enroll. My daughter is loving the program so far. Marcia in FA is amazing as well stayed in communication with me to help my daughter through the process. Mrs. Pasty the ED of the school rocks. Thank you all so much for everything cant wait to see my baby girl graduate.

mitchell S.

I saw an ad for the school online and decided to go for a tour the next day. I liked what I saw in their welding degree program, so I signed up and 4 days later I was starting my first class. They had me hooked from day one. It was such a fun and engrossing experience, all the way through. Their welding instructors are incredibly skilled and go above and beyond to ensure that you are learning and improving your skills as well as making sure you're enjoying it every step of the way. Dr. Langford, the Director of Education, and the rest of the front office faculty are extremely helpful and accommodating, and they are always there to help with anything and everything you may need. All in all, it was a great school, I had a great time, and I highly recommend it.