Do not attend this school! I attended this school for 1 month and only received my class A learners. Graduated in Dec. 16th 2020 with no certificate or nothing.... It is now, April of 2021 and still no certificate or call from school.. It really is a inconvenience! I actually left my job of 7 years to start a career in truck driving and got taken for my money! I actually paid $3,999.00 out of my pocket! Not a grant! Out of my whole class, I don’t thing anyone received there certificate or Class A license within that month!

Great school! 3rd party testors!. Recommend you have permit as soon as possible

Do not go to this school these are the most unprofessional people and instructors I have ever seen!!! They do not keep up with current rules and regulations from the DMV. They do not take the government mandate with mask seriously, no one keeps there mask on! Every time you call there office THEY ARE SUPER RUDE!!! If you pay your hard working money you deserve to be treated right! They do have one AMAZING PERSON HER NAME IS RACHEL They need more people like her!

Okay, so - here’s my thing: the school is actually very convenient, especially during this pandemic. Their structure was devised to benefit the student. I started December 4, 2020 and finished January 20, 2021 with a two week holiday break in between those two dates. The information is there, the resources were limited and a tad bit scarce because of the size of the class, but as an adult and an individual with a goal it falls on you to take advantage of every opportunity to learn. And that is exactly what I did. Every time something needed to be done whether it was backing, moving a truck to a designated spot, et cetera - I jumped at the opportunity. Even after I graduated, Ed allowed me to come into class as much as I wanted to ensure that I was comfortable as possible for my Feb. 3, 2021 CDL test date. I passed and I now have my CDL and I started working for a company already. The instructors (Anthony, Rob, Terry, John, and Mike) are amazing and essential. They will literally share with you everything they possibly can all in an effort to help you succeed and excel. Every story, every situation will be different, but it’s up to YOU to make the best of it. Rachel is a sweetheart although she can be quite assertive and borderline aggressive, but what do you expect from the only female in a male dominated establishment? She is also quite proficient in her job duties - she carries the program. Ed is one hell of a guy, he will do EVERYTHING he can to assist you on your CDL journey. Matthew isn’t egregiously bad; however, I had some issues with his lack of transparency and clarity when he tries to recruit people to the school. This is one of the reasons I couldn’t give five stars.*If you are not ready to drive an 80,000 pound vehicle, they are not going to throw you to the wolves. People get upset because they are there longer than the month they thought they were going to be there for, but that’s just simply because they aren’t ready. Everyone learns at their own pace, and I don’t know about you but I don’t want a 80,000 pound truck next to me, my family, or loved ones if they don’t know what they are doing. Furthermore, if they keep you there - it’s benefitting you, not them. It actually costs them A LOT to keep a student there past the 28 days. Think about it.Lastly, the trucks do break down a lot - but they are promptly sent to a repair shop. The trucks are older and are constantly abused because students are learning on them, but from a business perspective it makes no sense to buy new or newer equipment just for it to be torn up. So, I get it. Unfortunately, when the trucks go into the shop it puts a strain on the course and curriculum because the resources become limited.Overall, I recommend the course if you’re going into it with your head screwed on you know exactly what you want and are willing to put in the work to obtain it.

Recommend coming here for schooling they were fair and had some good instructors also recommend TMC for employment. Don’t gripe and complain just learn get your cdl and move on.

Had a appointment at 9:00 on 7/10 Mr Mullen never showed up but I kept getting emails of a reminder stated to be there at 9 o’clock not professional at all

I just spoke with Matthew and it was THE WORST customer service experience I have had in a while. He was very rude and nasty. He refused to give me general information without me making an appointment with him and he refused to allow me to speak to management! Someone will get my business but it will NEVER be this location!!!!

Great school and learning environment. Excellent teachers and staff. I would definitely recommend anyone whose trying to get their CDL license to attend this school. U get out of it what u put in it. I tested and passed with the help of the instructor’s in under 2 months!! Thank you shippers choice!!!

I really enjoyed my experience I got from the school . They will work you if you want to learn. Starts with the recruiting Nelson was my recruiter walked me through the course he a great person to talk to. Their trainers are really good I tip my hat to them cause you have to have patience working there I commend y’all and thank you. I was a 1and done because of all the trainers

Amazing awesome customer service and my mentor really inspired me and seeing the truck 🚚 😀 🙌 👍 gave me more inspiration

Called to get information an mathew answer the phone a really rude guy, hang up on me and told me to call another school just because i didint want to give my phone number all i wanted was info. I called back i told him im making a complaint with the veterans affairs he told me do what you want.They treat veterans like this because there are only 2 schools around here that accepts the va gi-bill. If they treat people that call for info like this i dont even want to imagine how they are with you when you are a student.Answering your reply to my review. I did introduced my self with my name and if you reviewed my conversation with Mathews you can see that he asked me for my address, email and date of birth which i didin’t feel confortable in giving all that information to a person i don’t know. Before lying to make the school look good make sure you are telling the truth. He was really nasty on the phone and even told me to find another school that take va gi bill.

Driving an 18 wheeler isn’t for everybody. And passing the DMV exam is not easy. These guys did a great job of giving me the skills I needed to get my license. The instructors each have their strengths and ways to reach individual students. Les did a great job teaching me and being patient with everyone. If you put in the proper effort on your end, the instructors will see you to the end successfully.

Im new at Shippers Choice. Let me tell you, all the instructors I deal with are extremely knowledgeable about the industry and requirements to pass DVV CDL test.they all can teach you what, and how to pass. Its up to you to listen and soak up that knowledge. As for organization, this school is much more organized than other trucking schools Ive dealt with. There is a clear chain of command, and all are approachable. They will help and answer your questions. Instructors are actively involved and committed to you education. There is 4 week schedule at this school, last school there were students who had been there over a year, because of lack of instruction and lack of drive on students part. Cost of education here is average to industry, costs are explained, you shouldnt act surprised.To sum up, this is en excellent, well run school committed to you.

Its been almost a year since I attended this school. The lot they were training us was to small to accommodate the trailers we were training with, so we had to practice off set parking and parallel parking with a trailer 8 feet shorter then we tested with. The trucks themselves were junk. The class started off huge and was half the size by the second week. As it was a 4 week course that is half way through we lost more then half the class. A blessing for whom was left as it gave the rest of us more time in the trucks. Time we paid to train was often taken up by trucking recruiters. The instructors did the best they could under the constraints placed on them. Had to remind myself many times that they were truck drivers and NOT trained teachers. At $100 a pop to retake a test plus the 45 min drive to and hour and a half drive back each time I went in for more training it became financial straining. As a family we decided I had wasted to much time and money on the endeavor. All in all including gas, loan, $500 down and $6000 in loans I wasted $7000 on the attempt. I would recommend going though a community collage or trade school to get your CDL.

This school is awesome I got everything I came for knowledge and tools to go and make money and safe driving skills,that school is so blessed to have great instructors like Rodney and Keith they had no problems with sharing their skills with you ... The mental book part and test taking, and the physical driving part....(Its this saying that I love to say; it takes nothing from a candle to light another;and when you make it threw the door dont forget about the people behind you )..they showed me that! I recommend this school if you want to learn and be pushed for the real driving world...thanks Shippers choice!

Read Contract before you sign it not a good school

This place is just like anything else in life, you get out of it what you put into it. All the instructors were knowledgeable, and willing to help. Ed, Mike, and Steve never had a problem answering any of my many questions. I graduated and have a job waiting. You have to go get it yourself. Nothing is handed to you. But they are more than willing to help in every step of the process. And I cant forget Nelson, my recruiter. He always returned my calls and was very helpful! Now on to a new future. Thanks Shippers Choice!

Rude on the phone

Went to shippers choice in Newport News Mike and Steve were great instructors. You get out of it exactly what you put into it. I took my DMV test within 10 days of the class finishing. Got a perfect score had no problem passing my test and within a month of getting my license I was in my own truck. I would highly recommend this to anyone yes you have to take turns but that’s to be expected in any classroom environment. Great school and friendly staff.

I like this school, they are willing to work with me, the instructors that I had were awesome

My Name Latoya Fleetwood shippers choice has been so far awesome school, very exciting place to come to actually from the very beginning. I never thought about trucking, knew nothing about the trucking industry. Sense I became a student here a shippers choice I have learn a lot !!!!! I normally don’t write reviews, but I had to write this one ☝️ . I attend classes on weekends at shippers choice . I enjoy coming to this school every weekend . Instructors are awesome it’s all what you put into if you willing . They well help you understand what you need to know Mike, Steve, Tom and Dominique, they help me understand more about what I was doing . I recommend this school to anyone ex specially females . Awesome school stay focus don’t give up suck it up, be a champ . God bless

As with any training anywhere their are things that are good and bad. If you are doing this thinking its a cakewalk, your wrong. I took what I was given and got my CDL. I appreciate Shippers Choice for all they did for me. Its not the instructors responsibility if you fail. If you give 100% then you will succeed.

Its not a fake review. I went to the school in June 2018. Dont care about the damn students, so of course you wouldnt know. Everybody has a fake review. Look at how you all respond to reviews without fact checking. If anyone wants to go to this school better think again. Go to TCC!

I went to shippers Choice in Chester. Great place, extremely helpful staff and instructors, and they gave me all the knowledge and help with driving that I needed to successfully pass my CDL test on my first attempt. I am extremely greatful and appreciative. Thank you all for all of your help and I have been and will continue to recommend this school to people!!

They tell you in the beginning of class, You get in what you put in! You cant go in this class with the mentality of frustration, if you get frustrated real quick then this isnt for you. If you have the determination to not quit and you LOVE a challenge, this class is where you want to be. If you are down for whatever then this is for you. I guarantee one thing!! This will change you whole life around but you have to stay the course.

The location in Newport News is horrible...the place is dirty and small. The lot you practice in on-site is very small and not equipped to handle the trailer size. Majority of the instructors have no experience with the road and are showing students improperly how to handle tractors. Way to many videos and unnecessary paperwork and not enough lectures from the instructors. For the money you pay, the service they provide doesnt add up...horrible seating when theyre keeping you in the faculty for 8 hours a day and throughout that week you might drive the tractors 2 days out of 5...smh...just horrible...I advise people not to attend the facility in Newport News because the success rate is not good either.They really need a new director at this place!

Do not go to Newport news campus on weekends its the worst people are always coming back for practice cause they have to retest so your time in the truck is cut short then you have to wait damn near a month before you can go take your test after you done with class and if you fail. It will take up to a month or two before they can set you up with a retest date and did I mention you have to give them a $100 before they can set you up with a retest date and while all this time going by they start billing you for the class so if youre not working cause you put all your time and energy to become a cdl holder and cant pay right now they will kick you off the retest list even if you already gave them a $100 so now you have to get things straight with there fiance company and wait for a new test date finished in September failed the test in October on parallel back cause I only was able to practice it twice the whole time in class paid $100 to retest went out there this morning a month later and they said my name was taken off the list cause I havent made a payment thru the fiance company so I been out of class since September really since the end of August cause I forgot to tell you they will short you on a week of training if it falls on a holiday I strongly recommend not attending that campus I would like to speak with the owner to let him know how his Newport news location is really being ran

Shippers Choice instructors are cool pretty much. I can never get Ed on the phone I’ve called & left messages he doesn’t return my calls & he’s in charge of everything! If you ask an instructor something important they’ll say you’ll have to talk to Ed about that. Smh, It Takes for to get to DMV.

If the lot that you practice in is a lot bigger than it probably wouldnt be so bad. You cant really learn what you need to know because the class is too big. I pay five grand for the school and I feel it was a bit too much. some of the instructors do care but some are just talk. I went to turn in my cdl after I passed and they didnt even know who I was. They do play favorites. I drove the truck on the road about two or three times out of a whole month.

Just graduated Shippers Choice one of the greatest experiences of my life, the instructors were great!!! Thank You Mike, Helena, Les, Mack and Nick...1 and done March C/O 2019...

Newport News shippers choice, it is a good school but just like everything in life if you want something come prepared, do your homework and you get what you put into it. I knew nothing about trucking and finished my class and passed my DMV test first time. The pre-trip inspection was tough and it was exactly what the DMV was looking for. Get out there and put in the work the rest is up to you.

This review will be very honest & blunt. This school is not for those seeking a free ride to a cdl or looking for hands to be held. 1. Like any other buisness nothing is perfect, I agree you get what you put out. I was class of May 21st 2019 many things went wrong as far as structure, trucks breaking down from day to day abuse. The instructors gave effort to correct the problem. The school was constantly trying to improve and find a more effective way of operating. Many employers came for recruiting getting a job wont be a problem. Dont be lazy. Dont treat this as a social club. The tools are there for succes if you want them.The process cant stop at school go home and study go out and find a truck to pretrip on. The DMV test is not easy at all ! But if your well prepared it will make it that much easier to pass. I didnt do it alone teamed up with a couple of my classmates on my own time to make this happen. 1st try and i pass my test and got my CDL class A . if you took a loan make sure you get that tuition reimbursement from whatever company your going to work for. Good luck to all this is just the begining God bless.

The school is great ..The teachers are great! Les, Helena,mack, are great!!! They really take there time and explain all material needed to obtian your CDL.Mike another teacher is a father figure who has many funny stories about truck life.Mike has The father stern look cause he cares and a great teacher. Get him a ham sandwitch !!youll understand when your in class lol..

SHIPPER CHOICE WAS A GOOD SCHOOL. IT`S UP TO YOU TO TAKE IN THE INFORMATION AND PAY ATTENTION . I HAD MY CDL FOR 3 YEARS AND IT`S REWARDING AT THE END OF THE DAY . LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL YOU WILL HAVE YOUR LIKES AND DISLIKES AS FAR AS ME . I DID A VERY GOOD JOB . I WAS THE WORST DRIVER IN MY CLASS BUT BECAME A VERY GOOD TRUCK DRIVER . MY FIRST YEAR I WAS OFFER A MENTOR JOB .

This school is all about money they are con all about money dont take time with student to the owner and staff go to hell

This is a great school excellent instrutors excellent staff. This school gets a lot of undeserved bad compliments. These bad reviews obviously come from those who expect the school to get your cdl for you. That is not the case and neither will any other school out there. If you come in and do the work take advantage of ever opportunity they present to you and put in 100% effort they will back you 110%. You get out what your willing to put in and then some. I went in worked hard, they saw that and helped me any way they could. I passed my dmv test first time with ease. Again if your expecting a easy way to get a cdl it isnt out there no matter where you go. If you are willing to put in the time and work that it takes. go to shippers choice. They are a excellent choice. I honestly wish i had to do it all over again. It was that fun. Thanks again to shippers choice. You changed my life! Class of 4-1-2019/4-26-2019.

Shippers choice is the best! “You get out of it exactly what you put into it”, is exactly what everyone says but its the truth! I could not be more thankful for everyone over at the newport news campus!! Les, larry, helena, steve, and mike were all such good instructors i am so thankful for them! Got my license first try and im off to being a trucker!!!!

I waited a long time to post about this place. I attended in 2016. I went into this with my all. This school is terrible for someone who has never been in a truck before. You have 2 instructors on the yard, 2-3 trucks going at a time, and 20-25 students spending 10 min at a time in the truck. I struggled with the back up. Once I got it, it was another persons go and when I came back to it, so much time had passed that I had forgotten it. Road time? That consisted of 15 mins on the road 2 times total during the class. I was not even close to prepared for the dmv test and had all intentions of going anyway but my mother passed a day before. They make you pay for your dmv schedule( $150 dollars) I would have had to pay again for a reschedule but wasnt ready. So I went back for a few more sessions of practice. Once again, 20-25 ppl fighting to get in trucks! I brought my concerns to ed, the guy who runs the school who called me a liar. He also said I wasnt cut out to drive a truck. Crazy thing is; I went to another school, been driving, a truck now for 2.5 yrs. No tickets, no accidents. Im not crazy. Im not a childish liar either. JUST READ HOW THIS GUT RESPONDS TO NEGATIVE POSTS.....LOOK A LITTLE LIKE A 5 YR OLD?! IMAGINE BRINGING YOUR CONCERNS TO HIM OR HAVING HIM OVERSEE SOMEONE TEACHING YOU HOW TO DRIVE A DEALY WEAPON....I REST MY CASE.

I just passed my CDL test at the DMV. This is a great school. As always, you will get out of it What you put in it..Wayne, Mike and Steven were always willing to help and answer any questions I had. The tight course made the DMV test a lot easier..There could be more time behind the wheel on the streets but you will get plenty of backing and the time to pre trip. I only recommend that there was a overhead cover to keep the students out of the rain and wind while they wait for their turn to get behind the wheel.

Went to shippers choice in Newport news from april to may and it was a fun learning experience. They give you the tools that you need to pass the test. A lot of people complain about not having enough drive time but the driving part is the easiest of the test. If you cant pre trip or even off set backing pr parallel park well you dont even make it to the drive part of the test. Mike and Steve are very good instructors and they know what theyre talking about. I took everything they taught me real serious and I passed my test on the first try. Thank you Mike and Steve for helping me get my CDL class A.

Overall experience was ok here. Would i recommend this place to someone I knew? Not at all. My time here I did learn a lot but felt that it was unorganized. School has been open to long for it not to have a plan laid out and for the ground not to be paved. Each student should be tested on pre trip daily and know how to straight back before being able to move to another backing maneuver. Instead a lot of people during my time were coming back saying they failed doing a straight back at the dmv or doing brake integrity test. They have to many people to a class which shows of course they are about the money as well as all the people who failed who come back for practice days or who havent been scheduled a test date at the dmv. Weekend class 15 students in 1 class 15 in another class 5 trucks 1 maybe out of service only 2 backing ranges maybe 3 instructors if your lucky. The head guy Ed talks to his employees like children can hear him yelling through the walls they dont like it of course can tell by there nagging on the range. Instructors Steve,Mike,Larry,Les and Helena all teach different but gained something from everybody

My experience at shippers choice was great! The instructors was down to earth and showed me everything i would need to be successful at dmv and driving for a company. I would recommend this school to anybody who is looking to get their class a cdl.

UPDATE! 06/14/18I would like to thank the owner of Shippers Choice for his quick response and resolution to our concerns. He has contacted my husband within a 24 hour time frame and offered him a solution that we are both really happy with. It’s good to know that the owner does care about the service that his company puts forth and will do whatever it takes to make things right. From a frustrating scheduling mishap toa very satisfied client, we would definitely recommend Shippers Choice. Mishaps will happen but, the key is taking ownership and making things RIGHT. Thanks again Charlie!UPDATE!HaHa you are too funny Mr Owner your last comment shows how professional you are Fake Fake Fake huh? The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Excuse me if that fell on the NN location this is all about the Chester VA office. My husband went to the school which is why you don’t see my name. I decide to put your school on blast for the inconvenience you caused my family. Further more you will also be receiving a complaint from BBB as well. It’s already been filed so let’s see if you think that’s fake Fake Fake as well. Again I say why schedule some one to pay money and train at your school for a class B lisence when the only class B truck you have is being used for students that are testing. You have one class B truck and a model truck that is useless Ridiculous!Shippers choice in Chester VA is a joke. Please stay away from this location to save yourself time, energy and money. They’re very unprofessional. Scheduling proficiently is a challenge for them. Running a business 101 should include supply and demand. If you have 1 truck available; why schedule 10 people for Testing and Training on the same day.? Then recommend for you to call DMV and reschedule. After speaking to DMV I learned that this is a regular occurence for students from (SC) to have to cancel or reschedule. I could write a short story on the unprofessionalism and disappointment I received from this school but, I’m going to save that for something else. Just wanted to warn others about the headache and the fact that you probably won’t receive your lisence from this location simply because they don’t have the supply or man power to train you effectively. Beware of recruiters who only purpose is to get you in and get your money.

I went to Newport News shippers choice, if you read the paper before you sign, it says they give you want info and tools you need to successfully be ready to take your test at the DMV. I personally took in everything they said and more, if you want to listen to what they are saying they go further then required. I appreciated it all, went got my Cdl, applied at tons of places while everybody offered me positions over the road I took a position locally with Pepsi, I am home everynight, great pay, better benefits than you could imagine also! Shippers choice is a great move for your future if you come here ready to focus and not joke around the whole time! Just like school, if you didnt pay attention you got bad grades, well, if you want to make a future for you and your family its worth the investment!

This school is terrible!!! Classes are too big, they cant keep instructors, and they really dont care they only want your money..If you think Im lying ask for a walk thru and talk to a couple of the students standing around waiting for a chance to get in the truck theyll tell you the same thing

Great hands-on teaching. I felt VERY prepared the test. Great instructors.

Let Me start by saying that some aspects of the school are ok at best and the instructors are ok at best but what makes this place awful is the over crowding and the unprofessional employees that work here. The classes are about 15 to 20 students and maybe 2 to 3 actual instructors also since students struggle because of overcrowding you also have students from the previous class that either didn’t pass the DMV test or are waiting to take the DMV test and that number varies day to day but let’s say on average an additional 5 students. This creates a problem because you only have 8 hours to get in the practice you need and there are only 2 trucks going at the same time some days I will only get 15mins of practice time behind the will because it’s so crowded. Even with numerous complaints about this the school still does nothing to change this issue. Just recently the school took 12 students to take the DMV test for their CDL’s and only 1 passed. When the instructors returned they were upset and yelled at the students“we can’t drive the damn truck for you”.The school has no original content and the instructional videos they show are straight from YouTube. You basically pay 5,000 to use their trucks when they work. Just recently student were driving on the road and were pulled over by the police. The truck was in such bad condition the police wouldn’t let the student drive it anymore and the school truck had to be towed away and the school had to send a van to retrieve the students and the Instructor. The staff are all white except one recruiter and their are no female instructors. Often they employees tell racist jokes about Mexicans right In the middle of class. Whenever they want to say something that will be offensive to women the instructors tell the women to close their ears. Its like we went back to 1985 when you step into the building everything is old and I mean everything. The only concern they have is filling seats In the class. Employees openly admit to being drunk from the night before. I can confidently say this is the most unprofessional school I have ever attended. Beware and do not attend this school especially if your not white or a women because they will make you feel uncomfortable and unwanted.All the material that is presented in class you can easily get yourself and they only thing the school has for the students is their trucks and like I said earlier you’ll be lucky to get 15 mins a day behind the wheel. How they get away with this is they count the time your outside as driving time so on the paperwork it looks like you driven everyday for 3 hours and that is a lie. When they give test they let student retake the test as many times as they need to pass and I would say 75% of the student would never passs a test if they really had to take it. The students cheat and the instructors let it happen because it’s the only way they’ll make money but it’s just cheating the student out of their chance to learn it. The staff takes no responsibility when it comes to how bad test scores really are. I’ll rap it up by saying take your Money elsewhere so you have a chance to be a successful truck driver. You’ve been warned.

Loved it taught me all I needed to get started with a career... great staff and CeCe is a great trainer.

Well,my experience at shippers choice has been fast paced,an that was what i were looking for in a cdl training school.i learned from every trainer a bit here and a bit there all havemade me a better and experienced driver,each took their craftan fashioned me as a student into a well rounded driver.phil,rodney,patrick,and tommy,i thank them and the school fora job well done.ben seigler

Bests school they help me a lot Alan, Patric, juce and jou thankyou guys 💪Att Luis mercado

I went to shipper choice and after i paid them over 3000 dollars i still have no beeb set u for my test and they are calling me for more money and now they said that i have been release and i ask them why you have not set me up for my test and they told me to set my own test up and they was going to put a lean on my license at the department of transportation and they are the ones that did not honor there contract and i still dont have my cdl a license i will see them in court ann i will report them to the better Business and get them for harassment because they have call all around to my family and friends and threatening my license that i dont have because they did not set up my test.i will see them in court.

Go anywhere else you are wasting time and money with this company!!! They have no clue what they are doing!!!

Matthew you are correct hard work pays!! Thanks Shippers Choice

Class act training. Best training to date

This place is horrible if you thinkin bout goin here dont

Backing up was the hardest but know I can do this in my sleep

Thanks Matt, Love my new job

STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS SCHOOL. Youve been warned.

This place sucks

Does this school have lodging?

Fantastic training