Jonathan McCully

Review of SPSCC

Terrible college. I went here in 2011 and I hated ...

Terrible college. I went here in 2011 and I hated it. Teachers push, push, and push. They give you no time to study the material. When you work 40 hours a week and have 3 classes, they need to not overload you so much that you can't process what needs learned.

My wife began college here Fall 2015. We took out a student loan at the beginning of the quarter. We checked the portal every day for over a month. She went in to find out what was wrong, and no one could give her a straight answer. She called, she went in and after a dozen times she finally found out that the person in charge of loans had a family emergency and couldn't do her job. So then she was told they would be worked on and processed that week. Well, we had to wait over a month from that point to get our funds.

They didn't give us our full amount, so we took out another loan for Winter only. It was a smaller amount and we turned in the paperwork at the beginning of January 2016. We still have nothing and it's the end of February. You talk to 15 different staff members, you get 15 different answers. And the work study students are ignorant and don't know anything at all. They are of no help. You ask them something, even basic, and they tell you to check back tomorrow or something.

My wife had a course that one of her assignments had her meet the professor in person, and it was an online course! Hello, online means no face to face.

Did I mention they try to cram as much cirriculum as possible down your throat? Teachers need to realize students have other responsibilities. This is an issue that many people from this college have mentioned, so I'm not alone in this.

It's a shame this is the only junior college in town. I would avoid this place. Driving half an hour to TCC or Centralia College is a much better option.