Sierra College — Attraction in Rocklin

My first time on campus for Earth Day Festival today. 1 🌟 for friendly and serious people , "happy to be here" students 1 🌟 for a lots of green spaces, a pond, trees. 1 🌟 for plenty of parking options for students, guests, staff members. The multi floor parking garage is impressive, parking ticket machine to purchase ticket is available . 1 🌟 for the multiple choices of food in the cafeteria. Example: open "salat bar" (open sliced eggs is a risk for samunella) , "the grill" for different fries and burgers. "PASTA" ... and "Mexican food" burritos, tacos etc. "Sushi" the chef was preparing fresh sushi rolls (and I bought them! Very delicious!) Plenty of beverage choices available! Prices should be lower for students! The Cashier managed the line of hungry students with 2 scanners great multi tasking for her! She gave me a bag for my food! I saw 2 or 3 microwaves for students , they can warm up they own food.. plus for coffee lovers: Starbucks! One and only contra: the buildings are kind of old, they all look almost the same. When asked a student or adult they could gave me a clear direction where I wanted to go. They said straight, left ,right etc. But when it comes to name a building.. that was missing. Usually with different colors of roof or doors or anything different from each other with bigger signs would be awesome and better! Not just for outside people but also it can help new students or ESL Students. I liked to see the Aquatics and Tennis courts. There was a lot of constructions going on on multiple areas . It's still manageable to drive through and also a good sign that this College is growing. I can't say to much about the education programs in detail, but what I saw , that it is...

Their Pell Grant disbursement works differently then all the other colleges in the area. They wont disburse until AFTER the drop date (3 weeks after the semester starts) while all the other colleges (American River, Sac State, etc) disburse half of it the first week of the semester and the other half after the drop date giving you the chance to purchase your books and items you need. Sierra waiting so long to disburse funds I feel this is a scam to try and force you into the "book voucher" program on the campus bookstore where all the books are seriously triple the cost compared to Amazon. So they give you these options: either use the voucher program, drop out or come up with the money out of pocket. They disburse all student loans the same way (FYI)

Another problem: The hours for the offices suck for working people. They are only open until 5 at the latest and only Mon thru Thurs. I sometimes wait on hold for 40 min's on the phone to speak to an actual person and I get different answers each time I call, the student workers are trained badly and can't get their stories straight. American River office hours (for example): Mon thru Friday until 7pm. and you don't wait on hold longer then 2 min's or so. (or at least I never had a bad "hold" experience")

The college cut a lot of it's courses and again, are not compatible with working people because the classes they cut are evening and online courses for the most part.

I decided today to transfer to American River for the following semester. I did some research and decided they are better for working students with their hours/course schedules and it will make my life easier for obtaining textbooks instead of struggling to find $400...

So, I signed my 14 year old daughter up for their summer volleyball camp. She said the college volleyball coach was nice and a good instructor. On the other hand, she also said that the college coach had some of her girls from the college team she coaches to help out with coaching. (counselors) She told me that the "counselors" were very rude to her and all of the girls. She also told me that the "counselors" would talk trash every time that she would pass and say that her "form was bad" and laugh at her and many of the other girls. The funny thing is that my daughter has been on multiple volleyball teams and every single one of her coaches told her that she was an amazing player. These college players are trashy and disgusting! Do NOT sign up your kids for these sports camps! I even went up to the college players and talked to them about it and they said that "it wasn't their fault your kid has such a bad form." ..... I was completely disgusted with them considering that i had paid that camp over $200 just for my daughter to get talked bad about. But that's not the only issue. I asked my daughter if she learned anything or if they had taught her some new skills since she is fairly new to the game, but a quick learner at it. She said that she felt like they did not care and basically taught her nothing new. They just threw ball at her and had her bump or hit it. I am overly disgusted with this college and will no longer be handing my money over to them for...