LAVC Review

Have studying here for 3 years. College is nice, but I wish they had more great teachers ...

I admit that this is a little bit dated. I last attended in the 19 eighty's. somethings never change. I agree with Google user 11 months ago! School is what you make of it! It's a excellent gateway to UCLA. In any college you just do not get the perks your'e used to from high school. no subsidized cafeteria, you have to buy your own books. And you have to do the homework. That time is computed into your overall load. That's why lab classes carry so few credits. It took me a while to get used to it. Even today with the horrible budget cuts, California Community College is the best deal in town. Stop whining please. My experience in the engineering department was excellent all the way through.The staff was wonderful, although the equipment wasa bit dated. More later,

They never pick up the phone when you call. Even after you call two minutes from opening time. It sends you to a machine and it repeats that all opera tors are busy. Wow.

If you want to get things done, show up in person. Calling the school and being on hold for 1 1/2 hours is unacceptable. Unfortunately I was outside of California so I had no other choice.

Best baseball field I've played in so far in Los Angeles.

Predatory book rental program designed to make its students pay FULL PRICE for inflated textbooks--text books that are HUNDREDS of dollars. it's packaged information that is otherwise freely available online. Their bookstore staff is very condescending toward students and student complaints. Don't give your money to them. GET YOUR BOOKS ELSEWHERE, download it, buy used, don't support their predatory bookstore! Also, the administration has been dragging their feet with my issue. I've asked for an intermediary meeting, nothing has been done!

Safe environment. Parking is alright (depends) Don't bother calling the counseling department for an appointment. They say to call but in reality the receptionist is busy giving appointments to those who show up. In all honesty, don't expect to get help right away, booths are always packed with people. Classrooms and buildings can do work. Still feels like the mid 1900's.

Still a favourite place to walk with dog since almost everyone obeys the leash law - which is a good thing because now four coyotes reside at and around Valley College. They can be seen roaming the campus especially dusk to dawn looking for food... Coyotes are protected unless agresive with people. Keep vigilant if you have a small dog or child they can be inquisitive and size you up - loud noise usually gets them moving along.

Campus police regularly patrol the campus and are fairly friendly.

Lots of construction makes many would-be study spots unusable.

Very good school, my son with autism is studying there and they help him as necessary and treat them the same as any other student that I like that they do not make them feel less or with any difference, there are counselors, specialists in therapy, everything is confidential. They have a library and a store for what the students need, it is close to home and until now there has been no problem, thank you very much for your patience

The college itself is nice, but the financial aid office is horrible. If you rely on it in any way, then go elsewhere, because you might never receive it!

I'm still a student of Los Angeles Valley College, but I'm thinking of leaving this school. They don't have a lot of information about their classes. They over charge people with late books. I have to pay $200.00 dollars over some books??? Are they crazy??? Do you think students make that kind of money??? Is that a way to improve our school system of Los Angeles??? Students are trying to get an education, and this school is trying to make it harder for students to get a damn education!!!

Valley College needs to be flexible for students that are in poverty. You can't expect students to pay that kind of money just to register for some classes. And the school site navigation is so unfriendly... I can't even find a freakin e-mail address to write to. I call their admissions, and they sometimes don't even bother to answer the phone, and I'm on hold for about an hour. WTF???

This school seriously needs an overhaul. Stop charging students too much of overdue books, and let the kids have damn education. No wonder I see so much people in Los Angeles, California in the streets holding signs, because you have no responsibilities to show these students the right education that they deserve!

I graduated from LAVC IN 88, with an A.A. in Chemistry. I had incredible professors who were very knowledgable & helpful. Have been back for other classes offered through the community program- very beneficial. I highly recommend it.

The school is nice and everything is good but be careful with what you say because people start to accuse you of saying something else.

My FAVORITE place!! Amazing customer service, amazing flowers and very affordable prices. My new home spot forsure (:

How can I sign up someone help me how to go there I'm new

I think it's a good school I heard a lot of good things about it cause my friends been there I honestly wanted to try it out

Not the best campus but the education is great and cost-effective

Hello my name is gabriela jimenez and I would like to know which is the maximum and minimum degree (course) of the school

Easy to get around! Bus and Metro very accessible!!

Started attending here since Fall 2013. This college is ok. It's big and green, parking is a hassle, the library is nicer than I thought. The classrooms (some of them) and the way the professors run them makes you feel like it's high school. There are still people who don't take things seriously and that's life. I've had no problem adding the classes I've needed up til now. That damn cafeteria was supposed to be completed last year.

I currently am a student at Lavc. Most of the professors are great and well educated. The campus is completely being upgraded. It is a really good college. I recommend going there if you are looking at a community college. It is a great place to start your college career.

My son shops here and he comes out with the best strain advice and seems truly impressed. He speaked on Hillary whose favorite strain is Skywalker, and has me go in to other places looking for Black Jack. Even suggested Distrikt gummies for my mom, which takes guts

It's very nice very modern college and by the way I'm Biology student at this college and i took some biology classes at this college for transfer to UCLA and it was good,one of the best college in Los Angeles County.

They should've canceled school all day today the smoke was BAD and really unhealthy and they should cancel tomorrow too for peoples safety in this really bad air quality.

So far, so good.

The environment is great and the professors are all good at what they re supposed to do.

Enrolling here in the winter hope all goes well and I become an RN.

Stay open minded it shifts both colleges are great Valley and Pierce

I used the polling place to vote. Everyone e was great.

Over all this Community College campus located in Valley Glen, has recently gone through a major overhaul. I attended classes from 2009 to 2011, which were mostly Monday, Wednesday and/or Friday classes, but I did have one math class that was on Saturday mornings. (8am till Noon) My review is based from that information.

Parking lots were always a difficult and very daunting task, after one semester I quickly learned I had a better shot finding parking on the street. FREE street parking! Because even when I did find a parking spot in the lots, getting out of the lots were a nightmare! Except during my Friday night classes, hardly anyone wanted to be at school on Fridays. Even though I no longer attend this school, I drive by quiet often and the system looks the same. EXCEPT now they have even less parking lots to fight over. They "recently" filled on up with TENNIS courts!!

Classes- They truly offer a large range of classes that most often works with anyones crazy schedule. The teachers are up to par, but the teachers I would recommend don't work there anymore. (Sorry.)

Special Services Assistance- I won't go into much detail, but I had bad experiences with this department. They weren't as helpful and understand as they should have been. Hopefully that was then and it's actually better now.

All the resources necessary to succeed are here! Teachers are split 50/50, either super good or super bad, no in between.

70% of the professors are great, parking sucks, sheriff have a bad attitude and are not helpful at all, admissions & records/bookstore/financial aid have 0 customer service.

Reflecting the San Fernando Valley's "Ghetto" stereotype very prominently.

If you try contacting the Business/Admission/Financial aid/Records office or any office in general you'll be put into either one of the two situations:
A) By phone: Placed on hold for an average of 1 hour(s) or have your call dropped
B) By email: never receive a reply (this includes some professors)

Completely ridiculous system for making an appointment with an advisor. I've been trying for over a month to meet with someone. It's like they don't want my money. Pathetic.

Great science and engineering classes that engage students in learning.

I graduated from their nursing program. Was tough but very good staff and I'll always have found and lifelong memories of this school. PS...go for white gowns as apposed to graduating in those white scrubs!

The campus is very pretty and they have lots of bunnies and coyotes. I've taken a childhood dev class with Mrs.Getskow over the summer when I was in ninth grade and it was a very fun class. Classes are free for k-12 students so take advantage of it. I normally film dance videos upstairs by the cafeteria on weekends sometimes. We have never been allowed in the pool before since we are not a part of the monarchs summer camp or other swimmers. I took another class English 101 with Mrs.Bishop and that class was easy however lecture heavy.

Staff in the student services is no help, very rude. book prices are too expensive!! im eligible for financial aid but still havent received it after 6 months so i pay out of pocket for ridiculous prices not worth it. better off at Pierce College

Although my mom when there I still think it is not a good college

College is good I love the environment and the animals that are there. There is food and a cafe that you can go to and get a quick snack after class. The workers are very friendly and the counselors are great at helping you with any question that you may have. The only negative side of it is the student WiFi it s really bad and it can use some work.

I took my Speech 101 course here in 2013 and the overall experience was good, but the classroom was a little beat down. Also, getting transcripts was a pain in the lower back because (it might've changed since then) you have to physically come down instead of just ordering over the phone or internet

L.A. Valley College is a place where you can turn your life around, and become a better person.

Financial aid is helpful and courteous in students needs
Counseling office helps you figure out a perfect schedule for your career choice
Nice campus atmosphere
New building make the college even more modern and up to date

I Just what to thank Los Angeles Valley College for the great experience and caring education. I went to valley a long time a ago while preparing for my major.
The staff and instructors are good in what they do.

Excellent counselors. New facilities added. Has a veterans counter, albeit wanting.

The absolute worst Financial Aid staff I have EVER dealt with. They never answer the phone, and they never provide a straight answer. Expect to be put on hold for 20 mins IF you can ever get through, most of the time you just get looped through the system over and over and over again.
Shameful.

In music department - fantastic! One drawback however is that they need to bring the jazz program back. Currently focused on traditional curriculum. LAVC was known for it's rounded program with jazz for decades. There is a jazz choir, but no longer a jazz ensemble. This needs to change as they will attract 2x as many students. The teachers great with very high standards for a junior college, and they are passionate and generous educators.

Hello, I am a very happy mother because 3 of my children is Tudia

Its not far from a high school and two middle schools.

My experience as a student has taken me to many different colleges (six of them), and LAVC is by far the WORST I have encountered. While it's difficult to make blanket statements about such an institution (where there are some decent and hard-working faculty and staff to be found anywhere of course ), I can say with confidence that my experiences here have been consistently abysmal. Staff at multiple departments range from clueless, helpless, deceiving, and egregiously lacking in basic standards of conduct. The school seems to have established a bureaucratic, totalitarian machine to which all of the staff are slaves and the students are product. The bounds of the ineptitude of the faculty and staff continue to astound me. Any task I attempt to accomplish there, whether it deals with loans, petitions, registration, or even just returning a book, is met with so much incompetence and failures of basic customer service that it is hard to describe.

Can you believe they are charging me a thousand dollars for a semester i took after i successfully completed my FAFSA ..these people are crazy and these people are whats wrong with todays educational system! Dont let them steal your Money!

I wish I had NEVER attended; I hope you are wise enough to avoid a similar fate.

I go to school here, and I came to vote here today.

I love this school! The staff here have such caring and compassionate hearts! There is nothing bad that I can say abut this campus. One thing that I love most about this school are the trees. LAVC is filled with trees!

It's a good a school with good program's that are very helpful it depends what you want to study on.

The most stupid counselor s system. Very unorganized. It is impossible to get an appointment in the office, and they never respond the emails and when you are lucky about to get an appointment (if they don t cancel it) anyway those counselors are the worse ever. It is a shame for the college to have such huge mistake.

They have Sunday classes for those folks that work for a living during the week.

A BOUT 1 YEAR AGO I TOOK SEVERAL CLASSES AT VALLEY COLLEGE. THE
PROFESSOR WERE KNOWLEGABLE IT WAS A JOY. I PLAN TO TAKE OTHER CLASSES THERE. IT WAS A STIMULATING EXPERIENCE.
JUDITH HOLLOMBE

There some great staff here at LAVC but there are always some bad ones. The state needs to stop cutting the schools budget, that's the only way to improve the school to make it better.

The new building is great, it seems like their systems in general have become more streamlined.

While at LAVC at as student, many moons ago, awesome. . Now as a Soccer Coach, fantastic.. we care about our Lady soccer players, we care about their education, first and most of all, and thereafter, their health and soccer future, career.

Good college, if you know what you have to do in order to get you school life in order. Otherwise, no one will help you if you dont do your research.

I think it's a great community college, one of the older ones in the region so of course the buildings are old. I've seen worse. After all, LA is not one of the newest international cities in the US, have outdated infrastructure is expected. It's plenty enough quality for 2 year college study

The music program is great, had some awesome professors, which they will work with you whenever you need them.

hybrid /EV drivers must pay $5 extra for parking a day. Aside of the semester pass, ridiculous I asked why...because we are using there electricity i was told by a new sheriff. So we are helping out the environment and still have to pay extra. If you don't pay the EV parking ticket you get cited $80 insane. Cafeteria food has increased as well. G I wonder where they got the money to build those new buildings ? Tickets, EV citations, EV parking charging students to use computer lab in the new building.

Great/cheaper place to exercise at the gym through the community center or school, complete general ed & transfer to a 4yr, or learn a skill. Smaller classes for more one on one learning. Friendly students & staff. After graduating & graduating from CSUN, I still come back for the community center gym class & easy-going school atmosphere.

things seem to be going downhill.. sad because its a beautiful campus. Many classes, tons of parking spaces, but definitely need to up the security for night-school sessions, Too many weirdos roaming around