Don't waste your money here!! This is not an organization or school that cares about their…read morestudents; only the bottom line. Response to Lily from PCNW: Response to owner: As mentioned in my Google Review, if you are going to respond to a review, be truthful. I never asked for a refund as indicated in our written correspondence. Secondly, any non-profit that claims to support the community, yet treats its benefactors/students unfairly and without empathy should re-evaluate their values.

I would like to share my AWFUL experience with The Photographic Center Northwest. At the beginning…read moreof this quarter, I paid full tuition (Photography black and white: 700 $ ) I took my first class, and everything seemed to be ok before the teacher gave us the "BIG SURPRISE". Every student has to pay extra money for the lab; around 200 $. Even you've already paid 700$, BE READY TO PAY 200 DOLLARS MORE! The day after, I received more bad news when someone from SCCC sent me a email telling me that one of my classes was overlapping with this class. I went back to the Photography Center Northwest trying to speak with someone and figure out how to solve my problem. Because I really needed to take my other class for my degree. When I arrived there, the secretary told me that she couldn't do anything for me. She gave me the email of the coordinator and suggested me to email her to find a solution. (This happened the next day of the first day of class) I was sending her emails every day, but she only answered me at the end of the week. My nightmare with this school started at this point. I emailed asking her if I could change my class on Tuesdays to Mondays; I saw on the website that this class wasn't full on Mondays; but how lucky I was when suddenly she replied back to me saying the class was full. However, they couldn't transfer me, even if I already paid the full course. I asked her if I could go to Monday class, and asked if someone wanted to change their class with me, but she said it wasn't a good idea. I was very stupid because I didn't go there, and what I found later was that the class had a waiting list. (So people who didn't even pay was before me) Guess why? Because they keep the 50% of your tuition even if you cancel the next day. I can not understand this because by law students have the right to cancel within 30 days (at least ,that was what I read in Washington website) In addition, the darkroom has more than 15 enlargers, but the maximum of students is 10. I can not understand why they have so much enlargers, if the maximum number of students is 10. I went there the next week, trying to cancel my class; there wasn't anything I could do, but the girl behind the desk told me that maybe there was a solution: transfering my money to the next quarter, so I wont loose 350 dollars and I ll be able to go to class. This day was the last day to refund my money, if not, they would keep the full tuition,700 dollars for just one class! unbelievable! I asked her to speak with the coordinator and let me know if they could do it. I though it was a very good solution. I received the last answer for this school telling me how sorry they are, even though I have been waiting almost 1 month trying to solve the situation. But they didnt do anything for me. It seems the dont care about their students, the only care about your money! I won't recommend this school ever! They charged my 350 dollar for just one class! Watch your backs with them!

For the Tuesday night Canada West Coast Masterclass led by Jonathan,…read moreWe need some way to get feedback to someone about the Masterclass and the leader of the masterclass.But it has been hard to reach people at the office. And there is no built in way. We're giving it anonymously due to backlash we've seen people receive. We love the overall Masterclass so far and will look forward to keep continuing. However there are a few problems that have creeped up. We're in a new era at Landmark, and there are ways we don't operate or treat people anymore. But some of this is still happening in the masterclass. stuff the leader is still doing or people are still doing to support the leader. Please stop calling us at home if we miss a session, under the guise of we're just checking on you to see if you are okay. We didn't opt in for this, ask for this, or request it.And it comes across as culty, pressuring, and strange. Please stop.It just puts people in a very uncomfortable situation. These are the things that make us hesitant to bring guests or bring more guests. Please stop the we're going to call you at home, or single you out,or put you on the spot, or moralize, or get us in the class to pressure or make other people uncomfortable if they are out for a session, or a few minutes late, for the masterclass, or have to be off camera for some part of it. or behind the scenes talking about, we're going to put people in another room if they don't do this or that. What was happening the other night. It was not Jonathan being Jonathan, and not in a really so new way of empowering people way. We also don't rail into people anymore. We ask for permission to interact in a certain way with people. Also, the leader needs to remember the Masterclass is not the Landmark Leadership academy. It is also not the military. This is a Masterclass, not the military. Nobody signed up for bootcamp or to be railed into. There was an interaction with a young man last week that made people very uncomfortable. Not in an Awesome Landmark Forum way. Jonathan was interacting with the young man who is in a very tough situation. We won't say the name of the young man or the details of the situation, as that is confidential to the seminar. We would not even use the leader's name except that then there'd be no way for anyone who can do anything about it to know which leader or course we were talking about. But we would not be surprised if you ask Jonathan if he doesn't immediately know exactly what interaction you were talking about. Compassion, listening, presence, all of it was out. Jonathan was not his usual open or even strongly standing for people self. Something else was happening. That may have something to do with the similarity of what the young man was dealing with connected to maybe something that was personal to him. It was also a guest event night, so Jonathan only did this, and only kind of uncomfortably put people on the spot, and was this way when the guests weren't in the room. He was just like you're responsible for your situation, you're getting something out of it, you're responsible for your situation, without listening to what the young man was saying anymore at all. Not like an inquiry. Like he was stressed. And wanted this to go on. And like it was just, it really was just something else. And then as soon as the guests were back into the room was a completely different person. Thank goodness none of our guests were accidentally in that room while Jonathan was interacting with this young man that way. With how the leader was being with this young man it seemed like something else was taking over stress or well being or something. It genuinely did seem like, is Jonathan okay, what is he doing, why is he being that way. There was also a guest he had there that was personal for many reasons so maybe that had something to do with it. But the new Landmark Worldwide exists to empower people. Including people in tough situations. And just something else was going on and something else was happening. We don't want the seminar to suddenly fall apart, or to stop being great, or maybe for a guest to get accidentally treated this way, or witness this kind of thing. or someone who may be bringing a guest or has a guest. or suddenly everyone starts getting kicked out the seminar for not being perfect and it starts breeding like this fear and something else in the environment that is not a great way to grow the seminar or inspire people to be inspired, or even share more of themselves, and bring guests. And there have been a few of these things in the Masterclass. But the interaction with that young man, as well, as in anyway putting people on the spot of railing into people, is not something we want to see happening again. It was also the Creating Happiness Seminar for goodness sake. Hard to tell a guest that this, or dealing with people this way is what the Creating happiness seminar or any Landmark Seminar is all about.

To anyone who deals with Landmark customers directly, that is in person or on the phone at this…read morecenter.  Please stop lying Please stop lying Please stop lying Please **stop lying** to people on the phone or in person to get them to do things. And please stop pressuring. And please tell other people to stop Lying and pressuring people just to grind through and fulfill an objective. Lying includes exaggerating. And Making Stuff Up that sounds good in person or over the phone just to make something happen. and PLEASE STOP CORNERING AND PRESSURING PEOPLE ONCE YOU ALREADY HAVE THEM IN THE COURSE BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S OKAY THEN, OR THAT NO ONE OUTSIDE THE COURSE OR GROUP WILL KNOW. PLEASE STOP GETTING TOGETHER AND DECIDING PUSHING AND PRESSURING PEOPLE IS OKAY BECAUSE IT FULFILLS THE COMPANY MANDATES AND FULFILLS LANDMARK'S OBJECTIVES. That includes people registered, or registering in, or thinking about registering in, or even withdrawing from, or transferring between courses.  Having had someone take a course at Landmark within the last couple of months, I have to give this feedback to the Seattle Washington front office here specifically and to the center. This kind of behavior from Landmark employees and volunteers embarrasses people and makes it hard to recommend programs and events there, when this type of behavior is happening.  And we have to teach people how to get around some of this, meaning to deal with as little of this as possible, to try to get to some of the value out of the content that is or can be so helpful in the courses. No one should have to get around the bad, or pressuring behavior, of the employees or volunteers to get to the courses. Please give more space, and breathing room, and presence and listening, and then even more space, and generosity to the people you are interacting with, on the phone and in person. Please don't guilt, shame, grind, manipulate, cajole, people into registering, or staying in, or registering for the seminar, or the next thing,or try to force, convince them, cajole them, manipulate them, grind them, corner them, scare them, pressure them, and force and push them... into being in a group, or doing another program, or into showing up for, participating in, or speaking in, or doing other optional or simply recommended activities events programs, calls, evenings or into bringing guests or more guests.or really into anything The feedback was that this aspect of attempting to do and then finally doing the course was exhausting.  Really just completely exhausting.The times I've run into it as well, I would agree it is completely exhausting. By the way getting people to do things using lying exaggerating, or pressure, builds up resentment and that should not ever be the feeling that Landmark is ever leaving people with, or that a professional organization that says it's out for people, that is out for people, should be leaving people with. Dealing with Landmark personnel should not be a draw back or exhausting part of the course. It should be an enjoyable spacious space. And a great listening. On the phone. And in person. This cultural mandate and habit of grinding down on people, while calling it supporting it shouldn't be a problem still, and it is exhausting.  Be there with people and actually listen to them. People don't have space to think, breathe, choose, or even AGREE with you because you're just grinding them into a corner and not listening at all. And not giving any space or breathing room guilt lies manipulation enough of this. please. put a stop to this within the office and the organization. please. Seriously Seriously stop it. Find another way.  This drawback is exhausting. 4 stars for the content of the programs. 1 star for this kind of continued behavior from the personnel.

I love this studio! I took a great class here, and the 24/7 studio access was really helpful. Very…read morefriendly community and I really like how the studio is run. We had part of a shelf for storing our work, one bag of clay included, and the studio has lots of shared tools.

Excellent school for Holistic health. I am so glad I found them.read more

I should have known when I signed up there would be issues...I had paid my money but couldn't get…read moreahold of anyone from the school...not until I made a complaint and request for a refund through PayPal. They made things right, I removed the complaint upon their request. Now that I'm ready to take my final, the passcode they provided doesn't work so I tried calling, email...and not one person has called me back. The email messages came back as undeliverable. There's only one telephone number. I can't tell if they're out of business, out for the day, week or whatever...no information whatsoever. I don't typically provide reviews but this is bad enough that I thought I should share. If you plan on taking an online course, steer clear of NW Holistic Health for they do not communicate.

Honestly a really good place to study…read more I didn't have enough to cover the tuition, but AIE offered a scholarship that bridged the gap between the tuition and what I was able to access through funding and school loans. I wouldn't have had the opportunity to learn hands on otherwise. I found myself not knowing where to start, or if it's even any good when I tried to self teach (no one to give me feedback). I would recommend.

Dedicated 2 years to this place and I Loved being an instructor…read more Did my absolute best to provide the knowledge needed to succeed within my industry, and got glowing reviews from my students. All to be laid off without warning over the summer due to "budget cuts" even though they just remodeled the school and hired on two new employees. less than a month before. The local management might as well just be a sounding board for the AUS management which could care less about you. There is zero support for the instructors. No IT staff, No subs on staff for callouts or sick days, software is out of date with no access to upgrade locally or provide alternatives, no one in upper management is working or even has worked within the industry they oversee, and zero respect for your experience. The owners are drunks, who just brag about themselves and are handing off the school to their kid. Oh and they are WOKE AF! Watch your back if you end up working here and have a backup plan. Oh and if you want to become a student here I got a bridge to sell ya. Don't! Yes you might get good instruction, make friends, etc... But you can find ALL of what they teach online for free if you just take the time to look. This industry is saturated with "academy's," "boot camps," "institutions," "university's," etc... who claim they can get you into a great job, but the reality is, you just need a great portfolio to get a great job. No one with a brain who is hiring will care to look at the piece of paper saying you can do a thing. The only time I have ever been asked about my degree in my art career was, ironically, when I became an instructor. Bottom line... Don't go for any "Art Degree!" Watch online tutorials, follow prominent artists, take specialized short term training programs, which are way cheaper (school of motion, FZD, lucidpixel, etc...).

What can I say about DJ4Life, and my personal Guru, Jason LeMaitre…read more Well... It all started with a dream, one I'd had since a very young age (you're never to old to start, I'm 37!), and a website... I'd been looking for some way to learn how to go from where I was...namely a tech junkie who'd done college radio...to being able to participate and play in the scene I'd loved my entire life. I made phone calls, I hit up every single person I know, and kept searching and searching til I came across a few options...and found DJ4Life...at which point i immediately contacted Tall Sasha who answered all my questions (the man is seriously good at getting back to people...phone/email, whatever), and finally said "you ready?"...I was...and I took the plunge. Enter the Guru, Jason LeMaitre...quite possibly the Grand Master of House Music in Seattle. Holy Crap! - that was my first reaction. I'm going to meet this guy...he's going to think I'm an idiot, that I can't do ANYTHING right, stupid...whatever...yeah, needless to say I was nervous. I can't begin to explain how amazing Jason is with people, he had me at ease very quickly, and before I knew it, walked me through the doors at Trinity Nightclub, into the blue room...and there I was in the DJ booth! Our first lesson was, pretty darn life changing actually, Jason walked me through the history of DJing, helped me learn the differences in genre's within EDM, and had me beat matching (critical!) in under 30 minutes. And this was a 3 stage, 9 lesson process? Damn what would I learn next? It went from being totally scary/freaking out, to wow in one lesson. **** A slight side bar here, *yes* It does help to have your own equipment, but - this is another area in which DJ4Life excels, especially in the Seattle and San Francisco markets...Jason regularly hosts "student and family" parties in his professionally set up studio downtown, which gives students a chance to learn on and use high grade equipment, BEFORE going nuts on purchases, as well as allowing students and industry to mingle and network...the later comes in HIGHLY useful later! ***** So, you may be asking yourself: damn this guys long winded, sounds like a fanboi but...sure dude, you paid for this, what did you get out of it? Well... Do annual Vegas pool parties count? (Imagine 50 DJs one party, dream a little if you have to) ...check. How about playing for 200+ people in the biggest, baddest ass club in Seattle? ...check. Now do it again... ...check Hows about getting an "in" with some of the best DJ's in North America? ...check. The chance to play with some of the biggest talent, in the best clubs in the country? ...check Meeting the most amazing people, and finding someone who's on your side? ...check Knowing that your life has changed, your smiling a lot more, you can always find someone to rap with, talk to, and share your passion with whom doesn't just say "oh, djing....yeah...." ...check 9 lessons, 13.5 hours, several gigs, and a great friend. Priceless. Do yourself a favor...take the plunge, it's well worth it, I'd love to meet you! I'm Luther, and I'm a DJ4Life Graduate and success story!

Seattle's DJ4Life Academy is run by one of the Northwest's premier DJs, Jason LeMaitre…read more I'd wanted to learn how to DJ for years, but didn't really know what the first step was. Luckily. my wife figured it out and signed me up for DJ4Life classes is Jason. Jason first talked to me about what my goals were for DJing as well as what type of music I wanted to play. I didn't even know the answers to these questions I was so green. Jason explained everything to me and made some pointed suggestions based on things he'd gleaned about my personality. When the classes begun I got hands on experience with the equipment in the first lesson. He explained everything I needed to know and laid out how our lesson plan was going to work. I got things to practice at home as well as tasks to find some music that I liked. I must highlight the personal attention that Jason has given me. Everything we've talked about has been in regards to fulfilling my goals and it isn't based on some pre-scripted lesson plan. Jason's helped me with my technique, music selection, and has even helped me pick out the equipment that I need to get my practice hours in. I couldn't have picked a better teacher.

Awesome place for renewing certs! I have been twice now to the Seattle location and have been very…read moreimpressed with them. Knowledgeable and friendly instructors, office staff are accommodating, free onsite parking, and great hands on portion to classes. Definitely recommend!

I kept trying to sign up online but was unable to. After many attempts at…read morecalling the company directly I was able to reach someone and sign up. They told me I couldn't sign up by phone The course was a good course, but they haven't emailed me my course completion certificate. I've tried calling the local office but keep getting put on hold only to be directed to an answering machine. I have left messages explaining my situation but this far haven't received a response. I haven't had any problems with this company in the past. Maybe they have labor issues? Whatever the reason customer service pretty much sucks

My son has been attending Mathnasium for over a month now, and I wanted to share my feedback on our…read moreexperience so far. From the day of his initial assessment, Ryan and Roy were incredibly welcoming and patient. I have noticed that my son is now more interested, motivated, and engaged in his learning. I also appreciate receiving the reports and updates at the end of each session, which keep me informed of his progress and what he is working on. I am very impressed with the program and the positive impact it has had. Thank you for your hard work and support.

Thank you for the amazing service and love you showed our daughter. Our strong willed kiddo…read morestruggled so much last year in Math her private school has very high standards and she was feeling insecure and sad. After 4 months here our girl has learned so much about herself and that yes she can, is it perfect math yet NO but she's come so far. The instructors and owners truly care about kids and have a passion for teaching math. This summer she went to her girls math camp with so much enthusiasm and joy. Thank you and Andrew and Julie. Presley