Wilbur Wright College

They do the Best they can here, the Advisors are amazing, I'd say you get 2 great teachers out of every 5 here.

The weight room is almost never open, and the swimming pool is certainly never open. They also kick you out of the weight room if a class is in there, so don't plan on training there.

The bathrooms are all fucked up the stall doors don't really close because they've been installed wrong.

The way this place runs is basically like high school, like with all the security and the teachers talking down on you. if you're into that then good.

None of this has ever made me want to write a bad review on the place until now...

The reason why I'm writing this one-star review is because they like to waste time.

Call me crazy, but If they glorify Wright College then imagine how bad the other schools are that are part of the CCC. moreover, they don't offer the program I want. So, I send them an email to go to Triton for reduced cost and they denied it.

They had me collect all this information and send it to them when they could've told me upright that I don't qualify. Now I've wasted time, that I could've been in school.
Thanks guys for nothing

As a student of City Colleges of Chicago, I am going to take a moment to express how completely offended I am that I am not able to use the entire fitness center at Wilbur Wright Campus. The fitness center hours do not include the pool. If you have a fitness center, and you have a pool, then the pool is a fitness tool as well. I am currently healing from a fitness injury where I can't get a proper cardio workout unless I swim.

This is unacceptable. The charges are simply much too high for taking a class just to swim laps. Plus I wouldn't even plan on participating as I am already trained as a swimmer. I'm not risking my GPA or wasting my money just to use a pool. These services should be available to me at reasonable hours, at least 5 days a week. It's insulting to me that the only time I can use the pool is between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on a Thursday. The most inconvenient hours ever! Who wants to swim at that time? Especially as an adult with a real job and real responsibilities.

I'm not interested in excuses. Only solutions. Make the pool available during the same time the fitness center is open. It's age discrimination, fitness discrimination, and student discrimination. Really you guys are ridiculous. Offer some trained fitness students a credit or two as a kind of clinicals rotation by letting them lifeguard for a few hours.

This place is literally ridiculous. I almost hate saying this bc the professors here actually care about their job and their students. The staff that work in admissions, financial aid, Human Resources, etc...don't. I've tried calling each department MULTIPLE times in TWO DAYS bc of a mess up THEY caused and NO ONE has answered the phone. Only the person at the security and what are they gonna do? Now I'm screwed with my taxes. No offense but these people should be FIRED. If you're not gonna do your job, which is to answer the phone and answer students' questions (not too hard right?), then get another job. I could do better tbh. At least I'll answer the phone. I'll give it two stars at least to acknowledge that the professors are actually doing their jobs.

This is for their admin... I can't speak as to the academics of the place, but the staff responsible for the administration are incompetent to say the least.
Call this place, you get the "don't give a f*#k" attitude, transferred, out on hold, transferred, and when you get some semblance of an answer to your question it's bullshit - just to get you off the phone.
Adult education dept. specifically. Pretty sure I have just in person met the half wit I talked to on the phone.
Standing at their "reception" I watched 3 ladies eat, clean their desk, read google news and from what I can see do ZERO work for several minutes before I had to attract their attention.
I was then told that the info I was given was the wrong info, and to go to a room to register that was currently being used for a test.
If you are that crap at your job, please just stay home... it's not like you actually make a difference, you're just wasting the space of someone who could actually do the job !!!

Pros:
-Some great professors. A lot of them have doctorates.
-Great campus for a city college. Great layout.
-Diversity in the student body
-Some good clubs and extra curricular stuff
-Cheaper classes than universities

Cons:
-Terrible faculty members in the departments
-Grumpy, bad attitudes, uneducated
-Did I mention the faculty members suck?
-This school was built on an Indian burial ground, which is probably why all the faculty act like possessed grumpy, hate their job zombies
-Some of them run around the building like headless chickens. No wonder its hard to get stuff done

Out of all Chicago Community Colleges this one is the best. It's construction was well thought out, as this CCC college is THE ONLY ONE that has dedicated 1 of their BUILDINGS as a study hall naming it the : Learning Resourse Center, it means they invest in having you learn outside of class.
#2. Advisors really step in and help guide when you need advise on how to maneuver the college process.
3. They have 1 entire room filled with MACs for it and art lovers to edit.
4. Ample parking

The school itself is good; all the teachers I've had are passionate and care about the students. I wish I could say the same of the advisers and the financial aid department. The advisers constantly misinform, take ages to reply to emails, and when they do reply, they push you on to someone else. I frequently have to exchange three or four emails with my adviser to get him to even attempt to help me.

The financial aid office is a joke. There is a particularly rude woman I've dealt with three or four times that constantly barks orders at people waiting in line and is unnecessarily confrontational. On top of that, she cuts you off while you're trying to explain your situation and has no desire to actually perform her job in an even halfway acceptable manner.

Four stars because in the years since my initial review, the school has hired fresh (and yes, younger mid-30 and early 40 year old teachers) who are innovative fun and engaging in their teaching. I think younger students (I am early 40s with a full time job fyi) will learn a lot from a younger (ish) teacher.

One less star because of the little thugs I've seen hanging in front of the school smoking weed. Not cool. You will come to realize that when you hit my age. Hopefully.

This is the new campus of Wright College which was designed by the architecture firm Bertrand Goldberg & Associates. I worked in the architect trailer on the construction job site for about nine months in 1991, so perhaps this junior college campus is not so new anymore. The design features a low-lying pyramid and other classroom buildings with airplane-like windows. The overall design is not exactly up in the same level as Marina City or River City though.

I haven't had any issues with teachers. They were all great up to this point. The major problems in this school come from the advisors and the staff, particularly in financial aid. Don't go there expecting them to help you. They work like they hate their job. I've met with 3 different advisors and they were all arrogant for no reason. Their titles should change to online instructor. That's what they will do. They won't be helpful in answering your questions or advising you in academics. If there are any good advisors at the school, I would love to meet them. The financial aid staff just always seem to be in a bad mood. This is enough to not even go to the school. Students should be supported by their school. Pick a different school that cares about its students from the start.