POLY Languages Institute at Pasadena

I’m student at POLY and I’m so happy about that. This school is very good for people who want to learn and to improve English. All our lessons are structured, informative, clean for understanding and we have a lot of vocabulary. I like POLY’s management and teachers team, they are amazing!!! Max and Natalie are very nice and friendly people, who ready to help you with any questions. I also made a lot of friends from different countries. I’m very glad that I picked POLY to improve my English. I’m happy to study here and will highly recommend it to everybody who wants to improve their English!

I am a international student of UC Davis and a former student of Poly for both campus of LA and Pasadena. I am writing my review here because I see some negative reviews of this institute, and those reviews are not true. The negative reviews even do not explain why the school is bad. I am telling you here why Poly is a great place to «start» learning English.
I know a lot of students have passion for fluent English skills, but there are always «steps». It is true that Poly do not teach «a college level English skills». However, it is also true that «you do not need a college level English skills» before you transfer to a college because the college wants you to learn the advance skills in their education system. Poly is just helping students to «prepare» the college level English. So, be patient and don’t get freaked out.
To describe the atmosphere of the Pasadena campus, I have to mention about this: the school has extremely friendly staffs, Max and Nataly. They always make a smile on their face, and love to joke with their student. They continuously put their efforts on improving supports on their student. As a result, I see they have recently built a spacious student lounge which did not exist in 2011. In addition, Poly provides a TOEFL class, which is for the students who seek for an advance level class.
Lastly, make your sentence simple and clear when you have a question to your teacher. The teacher don’t «ignore» you. The instructor just cannot fully «understand» what you mean. If you make your sentence clear enough, the teacher will answer your questions. You also should show your respects on your teacher as a student.
Because I attended Poly, I was able to transfer to a college, and was able to make more friends in this country. I personally appreciate to Poly for those my personal achievements. Poly may not a place to satisfy your expectation 100%, but is the right place to «start» your English journey.

Bad school
No teacher teach lots of time
Don’t come here

The worst school ever!!! Office staff can’t even speak English as well! They just want your money. You won’t have any knowledge after finishing this school. There were just one good teacher for whole school. You will have problems with transferring later and they will try to hostage your I 20. Even director of this school is always absent! Do not go there. Save your money. There are couple if schools on westwood which are really good. Poly will give you a trouble, hostage your I-​20 form, scary you by this and finally force you to stay at their school. And they don’t have any rights to do it according to their policy. THE WORST SCHOOL!!!