Montgomery County Community College

This college carries integrity equal or less to that of a homeless cat. Merely collecting money from the government and posing as an actual emergence as an "institution of higher education." Absolute scam and needs to be looked into by the federal government. SHAM!!!
1 7 years ago (09-04-2018)

Some of the teachers there have been terrible. Be careful with the major you pick some degrees they have listed may take 4 years just for an associate’s.
1 7 years ago (04-06-2018)

Montco just did me the courtesy of kicking me out of my classes, because I missed the payment deadline. Although they claimed i could "re-register", I was just informed by the less-than-courteous woman at the help desk that 'there's nothing they can do'. Any time you need to go through enrollment services, testing center, etc., expect an extremely underwhelming and frustrating experience. My advisor was the one exception (D.Ruud), who helped me whenever he could. Other than that, Montco is a business like any other. They don't care about your success, they care about your tuition payment. Sucks for those of us that are struggling to pay our way through school. _________________________________________ UPDATE: After a few months of back-and-forth, I received a partial tuition appeal for the class described. Although I had to jump through hoops to get it, Montco did eventually offer a solution that I saw fit. 1 > 3 stars. @Nina from financial services... Thank you for your help!
3 7 years ago (01-05-2018)

Pretty great place to go! Good diversity in class selection. Teachers are good if you use the ratemyprofessor site. Had bad teachers before but this is a great place to start again. Or start for the first time. You can earn credits and save money. Since it may be relevant with today's headlines. Politics can be noticed. I've heard of a few occurrences but personally I've never ran into any situations or really seen any. So you can avoid it if you want to. The Central Campus is a great place! I recommend!
5 8 years ago (08-02-2017)

Went here planning to pursue a future career in photography or business. They had switched my advisor about 3 times before I met with someone who actually told me there are no photography degrees available. I inquired about doing a business degree, but no one seemed to want to answer my question. So, I asked about doing a graphic design degree - they don't offer that either - so I was put into a Web Design major. I was totally fine with web design since I would also be able to take graphic design classes; however, I was told by my advisor that this was an associates degree designed for me to get a job right after graduation. It was not that at all - in fact, it was a transfer program designed for me to complete 4 years of school when I made it very clear I only had enough money for 2 years of Montco. After numerous attempts to contact my advisor or really anyone that could assist me with changing majors, I gave up and decided to continue with this pointless Web Design major. I then realized there were about 5 classes I had to take as prerequisites that were not listed on the original course plan, which would set me back about 2 semesters because a majority of the classes were only available in the spring. After completing the spring semester and signing up for summer classes, I still had not taken a single class that deals with web design. In addition, there was no food available for students to eat during the summer. All vending machines were emptied, and the cafe was shut down for the semester. During the first week of the semester the vending machines were full and I inserted a $10 bill to get a couple snacks since it was the only money I had. The machine ate my money and never gave me any food - after asking multiple people to help me, they shrugged at me and told me to go get food elsewhere. My mom found an amazing school, The Lansdale School of Business, that offers a Graphic Design diploma program that is exactly what I wanted. I went there for a meeting about 2 weeks ago, told them about my issues at Montco, and they assured me that I was not alone. I officially dropped out of MCCC today and am so happy that I'm finally starting the education that I need, despite being out about $4000 because of taking classes that didn't even transfer. Also, to this day I still have not received my student ID. Every time I go to College Hall to get a new one, they send it out and I get an email about 2 weeks later saying it was "returned to sender". Both my father and uncle went here many years ago and didn't have these problems, so something must have changed to make this place so horrible.
1 8 years ago (27-06-2017)