Pitt Community College — Attraction in Winterville

When you read the reviews that say staff ignores students believe them. They rarely answer the phones, do not return phone calls, and rarely respond to emails either. It only gets worse once you are enrolled. You are a student ID number and a tuition fee. I wish I was lying when i say my English teacher has not graded any writing assignments this semester until yesterday after I spoke with the dean and lost my temper (3 weeks to end of semester). This was my first (and last) semester here, I had enrolled in online classes and transferred credits from a community college in Tennessee, being a working adult. If you are just jumping through the hoops to have a degree under your belt and don't care if you actually learn anything, its a fine place to do that. if you expect to get the education you are paying for to increase your knowledge base and be better prepared for your future, this is the wrong place. I feel really bad for the recent high school grads and others from the local school systems who have not had exposure to quality education to be able to tell the difference and recognize that they are being short changed/taken advantage of, and its the students who will suffer from being under-prepared, not the college or the instructors. Students won't know until they graduate and enter the work force and learn it...

If/When you read the reviews about others saying that PCC staff ignores it's students, PLEASE BELIEVE THEM! They rarely answer the phone, do not return phone calls, and rarely respond to emails either. This is my first (and last) semester here, I had enrolled in the summer online classes and transferred credits from a high school in Pennsylvania, being a working adult. If you are just jumping through the hoops to have a degree under your belt and don't care if you actually learn anything, PCC is a fine place to do that. But if you expect to get the education you are paying for to increase your knowledge base and be better prepared for your future, this school is not the place to go. I feel really bad for the recent high school grads and others from the local school systems who have not had exposure to quality education to be able to tell the difference and recognize that they are being short changed/taken advantage of, and its the students who will suffer from being under-prepared, not the college or the instructors. Students won't know until they actually graduate and enter the work force and learn it...

Pitt Community College has not been a good experience for me at all. I received no help from the financial aid office, they told me they could do nothing for me unless I had a parent present even though I am 20 years old and am completely independent from them and they love in a whole other state. Don't even get me started on the "advisor" situation there. I was assigned to a "success navigator" not an advisor and he had no idea what he was doing. His name is Clark Howerton. Being a first generation college student, I needed guidance so I went to him. He offered me 0 help at all. I was then transferred to a "real" advisor during my 3rd semester there. She again offered no help. I had to email her 2 times over the course of a week, so that I was finally able to get a response. Instructors told me that she was not a good advisor... so why is she one? Because of these mistakes through pitt, I am falling behind in my academic schedule. Would not recommend this...