Mitch Falvo

Review of HVCC

Great School, but don't go for I.T. (Information S...

Great School, but don't go for I.T. (Information Sciences)

Awesome school! They have free tutors, awesome professors, a great campus, and an incredible learning environment.

For these reasons I would give them 5 stars, but the I.T. department (at least the intro to computer sciences course) is absolutely atrocious. The majority of your grade comes from taking "quizzes" - I would say they are more like tests, from a book that is from 2016, and its almost 2020. A lot of the information is obsolete (They teach you about cassette tape storage but make no mention of NVME SSD's). In any other class a book from 2016 would be fine, but I.T. is such a fast paced, always advancing science. The first quiz I took I got an 81, which surprised me because I'm a straight A student. I asked for advice from my professor and he said these quizzes aren't like normal quizzes, instead of trying to take away the key points, they want you to memorize the most obscure facts. LOL! The worst thing is a lot of the questions are not only deceptively wording (and they admit it), AND every quiz has at least one or two questions that absolutely aren't in the reading you are being quizzed on. When you ask the professor to show you where the book he'll say OK, realize he can't find it, and you'll get an answer like "Well it had to be in there for a reason" and makes no attempt to ratify the situation. Changing my major today. What a shame.

If you are interested in computer sciences, check out Comp TIA or CISCO certifications. Much more practical.

I don't mean to complain I just hope someone sees this review and it prevents them from making the same mistake I did.