Grace Foye

Review of Solstice East RTC

In all honesty, I am brainwashed from this place. ...

In all honesty, I am brainwashed from this place. I used a different name to write this review because I don't want people knowing I went here and I also do care about some of the staff here and don't want to hurt them.
Their academic program set me miles and miles behind other kids my age. They did not help me prepare for the college process, left me a year behind in math and science so now I am taking 8 classes as a senior when most seniors only take 4. I also will still not have four years of math, language and science after this. Keep in mind, school was not a struggle for me before I came here. I was an honors student and wanted to continue focusing on my education throughout high school, but was not able to do that at all. It also was so incredibly expensive that my family will struggle to pay for college. The punishments here are cruel, abusive and traumatizing. I'm not saying that lightly. Some staff are kind and beautiful people, others use their position of power to control and manipulate students. I barely trust myself writing this review because they enlist fear in you if you do something wrong or differ from their opinions. It did help me in some ways, but not without it's long lasting negative affects. I could have excelled at a shorter, less intensive program. There is more I want to say that is both negative and positive, but I doubt anyone is reading all of this. I do not recommend, but hey Asheville's a cool area.