Hiram G Andrews Center - Johnstown (PA)

1 /5 JR: Please DO NOT GO HERE! It is the most horrible college ever. Dorms are not safe and the students using them are inconsiderate!! Showers are awful and gross. Dorm counselors do not care about your complaints. The security staff here is a joke. I heard from multiple graduates that you will still struggle to get a job after getting your degree here. This is NOT a peanut free environment btw.

5 /5 Grim Tyson: My HGAC review Hi, my name is Taevian Tyson on September 6, 2022 I had a chance to go back to Hiram G Andrew center. And when I got there, I had to make new friends to be honest. The school has his ups and downs, but it was very, very good to me. I took one full course of building maintenance and I liked it on December 15. I graduated from building maintenance with my OSHA certification and I can’t forget the staff were amazing to me I would joke around with the Dean and Norm, and they enjoy seeing my company and seeing my face. So it was my honor and pleasure to be at the Hiram G Andrew Center. If I could give one piece of advice to any of the students is stay away from the drama. And focus on yourself.

2 /5 Aidan Jones: Security doesn’t wanna do their job half the time, and the counselors clearly have no idea what’s going on. They talked to me about something from months ago and didn’t even know that it was no longer the case. There are fights here, someone pooped in the hallway, and they could give lesser of a crap about mental health. I was here once before and the security refused to check the cameras after something had been stolen from a friend of mine. He didn’t know where he put his keys or something and they said there was no proof of wrong doing so they wouldn’t check the cameras. They couldn’t bother to take five seconds to look at it. I thought the counselors were supposed to be in touch with the teachers. Apparently not

3 /5 Shealyn Hepner: As a former student there I do agree that it has pros and cons so I’m going to state the pros and cons that I experienced while attending there. Pros: awesome rec hall trips, beautiful views outside of the school especially in the summer, clubs (I was in the running club, fitness club, and dance club), fun gym activities after school, making friends, learning how to use public transportation, free school passes for the ymca and bus, hanging out in the rec hall and other student spaces, the ghost town trail marathon (apart of running club), the simple little things matter like getting microwaveable chicken pot pie (ik that sounds weird but if you’re a student then you understand), the town is pretty historically interesting (Johnstown pa) and last but most certainly important learning to be independent. Cons: dramas gonna happen a lot especially with culinary arts and the fact that you all live together mostly 24/7, you can hear people through the walls, your not there the same amount of time as a regular college, your out in the middle of nowhere so not a lot happens in the town but last I was there there was a high crime rate so if you go into town i highly suggest going in a big group cause the more the merrier, the food is just standard school food (besides the desserts) unless you’re going to the school cafe which is one of the labs the culinary arts students work in during weekdays, I don’t really blame anyone for this btw because in the long run it does help to learn how to deal with the situation but from my experience in my culinary classes there was a lot of stress especially with the hands on exam at the end of your two terms that determine if you can stay there to go for a associates degree or have to graduate with a culinary assistant diploma. With all of that being said ultimately I am glad that I was able to have the opportunity to make memories there and experience different things

5 /5 Jeremy Hippensteel: This school is fantastic friendly staff and overall great people my roommate is pretty chill and cool and everyone I have met so far are great