Wake Tech has several campuses. My first time attending Wake Tech was back in 95 era. But after…read morebeing laid off from work in 2008, I decided to go back to school. Since I had no medical insurance, I didn't feel like paying for out of pocket medical expenses. I stumbled across the website for the Wake Tech Dental Program.
http://dentalhygiene.waketech.edu/clinic.php
If you need your teeth cleaned, then if you are a student at Wake Tech, it is all free. And trust me, I have seen some grills at Wake Tech that needed some attention. And if you are not a student, then it will cost you a small fee of $20. That is not bad for some people that need that $1200 deep intensive cleaning because you have not ever been to a dentist in your life. (They did state that they have some people who need some serious TLC.) But it is good to only pay $20 for something you might not otherwise be able to afford.
As far as the cleaning and treatment goes, they did the screening, complete work up, blood pressure check, x-rays and the whole 9 yards. The techs, even being students are very knowledgeable, and gentle. I will put it like this, my first year student tech was so gentle, I actually fell asleep in the chair, while she was in my mouth. The instructor thought it was funny, but I was tired. You don't have to worry about being left alone with some student that have never done any work on a soul. Because first they practice on each other, then they call in their family members and friends to practice on. So, if they didn't kill their family members, or friends, you have nothing to worry about.
Now as far as the facilities for being a student, well, they are poor in comparison to the other campuses. The student lounge, while larger than the North campus, is also the cafe, which is also larger than the North campus, but they have nothing to eat except the vending machines. The library is quaint. The computers in the library I think were running Windows 98. Ok, maybe Windows 2000, but they were old, and very slow. Even trying to do some web based school homework on them was very difficult because the computers were not capable of running certain programs or software. The computer in the computer lab were a step up. As a student attending the campus, the issue parking deck cards, and you are supposed to let yourself in. As a student visit from another campus, security is supposed to let you in provided you have proper school ID. That does not always work, as security told me that they were not going to let me out one day since I didn't have a school ID. One quick phone call to the security chief at home fix that issue.
So, here is the wrap up. I don't know what it is like to take classes there, but the students complain about the lack of food. I was a HUGE fan of the dental clinic that they run, and they do excellent work, so that earned them a bunch of stars. I did however remove a star because if I went over to that campus, and had to use the library services, or computer, the equipment was dilapidated. Many of the students there are high school that will graduate with their HS Diploma, and college AS at the same time, so you can't beat that. Almost having a BS by the time you finish high school.
