Glendale Community College — Local services in Glendale

As far as your education goes, GCC's standards are the same same as other CCs and UCs. However, their student services suck compared to other community colleges and universities I have attended! For example, they don't do any over-the-phone academic counseling, you can't request an unofficial transcript through the student portal, it's hard to find information about how to get an IGETC certification (I could not find the IGETC certification form online so I called the office and the lady didn't even know something that should be basic for her, then she transferred my call without saying anything, which went straight to voicemail), the number of classes is few so it will be harder to get into a class or change your class schedule compared to other institutions, the website sucks, and the academic advisor that I talked to a few years ago used an outdated class planner transfer sheet that had classes that I didn't even have to take to transfer to the university that I wanted (the advisor I recently went to see, Richard Cortes, though, was really nice and helpful. If you can, you should choose PCC over GCC. If you don't care about the bad service that the staff provides, at least consider PCC for the greater variety and amount of classes...

I am a great student and have maintained a 4.0 GPA. When I applied for financial aid for my university, I went and checked with the office to see of they needed anything from be befire the deadline of the application was due. Because GLA financial aid saves ypu a lot of money, I was very excited to submit my paperwork. The office woman told me that the applicatikn was going to be sent soon, and that the and needed nothing for me to submit, because they ahd all of my information. After the deadline, I check to see if my application was sent and I see another woman who tells me they havent submitted my application. I ask them why and they tell me because I haven't submitted my social security number, which is necessary for the application. I explain to this woman that I was told my her coworker that I did not need to send anything, amd the only thing this woman says is, "Well then I guess my coworker was wrong." When asking what I can do ro solve this problem that THEY caused, all the woman does is reply, "Sorry, the deadline passed, and there is nothing we can do." in her insincere voice! Now she has ruined my chances of getting a decent scholarship to my...

I have no major complaints about this school except for the parking. You have to pay $75 for a regular semester, and with several parking lots, they’re all still jam packed from 9am-11am, and pretty full during other times. I’ve opted to take early morning class (7-8am) just to park. Otherwise, I’ve had a good experience with everything, from campus cleanliness to good course counseling. It’s hard to get things sorted sometimes in admissions, financial aid, counseling etc. because this school is insanely overcrowded. Again... You could double the amount of parking lots and I still think it wouldn’t be enough, and if you’re new, you’ll learn the hard way like I did what times will/won’t be pleasant.

(One last minor complaint is that several professors don’t allow laptops in class, which sucks since I bought one to be able to take notes fast. I think since we’re mostly paying for these classes, they shouldn’t treat full grown adults like children. I understand it can be distracting, but ultimately it’s up to the student if they want to pay...