Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! We need the most up to date information to best serve you. Also, when these forms are returned, we know that you are planning on attending MCTI. If we do not receive the Health History, Registration and Departure Policy forms, we may assume you are not planning to attend.

No. You will not be assigned a dorm room or roommate until you arrive to campus on registration day.

At the end of a term, MCTI dorms close 1-2 weeks prior to the beginning of the next term. Students are not able to stay in their dorm rooms if the dorms are closed. If a student is invited to continue to the following term, students do not need to move out of their dorm room. We do encourage students to take home any valuables with them. If a student is graduating or not returning for another term in their training program, they must move completely out of their dorm room at the end of the term.

Yes, Wi-Fi is free in the dorm rooms.

Career Assessment Services (CAS) is a vocational assessment program that offers students:

• The opportunity to develop realistic employment goals
• A better understanding of their interests, skills, abilities, and work preferences
• Exploration of trades at MCTI

Students participate in a variety of assessments to gather information about their interests, skills, abilities, and work preferences. After the assessments, students work with their MCTI vocational rehabilitation counselor to discuss the results and determine if they are ready for training and/or finding a job. This service also helps students find out and understand which skills they need to work on before they enter a training program or job.

Students come to campus for a one-week session. Registration is held on Monday morning, and students leave campus on Friday afternoon. Students complete all of the required CAS assessments in person in a classroom environment. They are assigned an MCTI vocational rehabilitation counselor that assists with navigating the CAS process and work with an instructor to complete the assessments. Students also do a hands-on experience in their trades of interest.

Most of our students’ education is paid for by the Michigan Rehabilitation Service (MRS). This means that tuition, classroom materials, room and board are provided at no charge to our students. Filling out the FAFSA is a requirement for MCTI’s trade students.

MCTI receives Pell Grant funds from the Federal Financial Aid Program to help offset education costs and help enhance classroom instruction. For MCTI to receive these funds, we need our students and their parents to fill out the FAFSA. Your help in filling out the FAFSA helps MCTI and MRS to be able to continue to provide a quality education at no cost for our students. Pell Grant funds will not be given to students.

Our 12 training programs enroll 4 times per year. After a student completes CAS, they will be placed on the enrollment list for the next available opening in their approved training program. Our training programs have a capacity to ensure proper student to staff ratio, so there may be a wait to enter a training program.

Once a student completes a training program, they are not eligible to be enrolled in another program. On a case-by-case basis, if a student’s disability changes, making them not able to work in the field we trained them in, we may allow a student to return for another training program. This would be at the discretion of MCTI Admissions and Career & Tech Education Manager.

Students are not able to come before their registration date. The Comfort Inn (269-685-9891), located in Plainwell, is about 15 minutes away from campus. If a student stays at the Comfort Inn the night before registration, we will provide transportation from the hotel to our campus on Monday for registration. If you need to be picked up from the Comfort Inn or bus/train station in Kalamazoo, please contact our dorm office at 269-664-9202 to request a ride.

Transportation to bus and train is only provided at the beginning and ending of each term.