Hudson County Community College — Local services in Jersey City

IF YOU WANT AN ACCURATE REVIEW IE BY SOMEONE OLDER AND NOT JUST MAD ABOUT THEIR GRADES, READ MY REVIEW.

I'm a current student at HCCC. I was time crunched through my dealing with the VA for my educational benefits. As a result, I took my placement test there last minute. I hadn't been in an academic setting in 16 years. My placement test showed me to be deficient in math. It was simply, because I forgot some terminology and techniques. If I had time to study before hand, my results would've been much better.

I was placed in a lower lever math course. After the first week, the teacher could easily tell I didn't belong in the class. I had a discussion with him where he advised me to write the dept. Dean. I did so explaining my situation. My goal was to test out of the class and be placed into a mainstream class. I was denied the opportunity and was told I was properly placed and nothing could be done. The teacher was just as amazed as I was to that response.

My major is pre-nursing. When my classes where were scheduled by the advising dept. head. She informed me that I had to have all my classes completed prior to attending the nursing program. During my second semester, I visited the advising office again, because I wanted to tweak some stuff. I mentioned I wanted to take as many classes as I could. When asked why so many, my response was to have them all finished in time for nursing. The adviser informed me that I didn't need to have every single class done prior to entering the nursing program. After a brief discussion, I went to the nursing building to ask more questions. My first adviser(dept. head) was incorrect. By that time, the upcoming class had already been filled. The class starts once a year in the fall. All I can do now is apply to next years class. This means that through bad information, my education is delayed an entire year. I doubt it was done on purpose, but it had a huge impact. Delaying my education for an entire year through a mistake is unacceptable.

I've had a teacher that liked to make racial comments, one or 2 that never taught anything at all, one made statements that never stood up to fact checking and would just tell you the internet is wrong... I have had a couple teachers that taught very well and I learned a lot from. It's too bad the bad ones outweigh the good ones there. I'm 33 years old and have a 3.0 gpa, so I'm not saying any of this out of spite. I've heard the good ones express some discontent for the administration as well, especially the STEM teachers. I've done 2 semesters and if I can name 3 teachers there I know don't approve of the administration, there has to be many more that haven't expressed it.

If you have no choice but to go to HCCC, you do what you have to do. If not though, try...

First, I would like you to consider the type of people you hire and take their values into account. This happened around 9:45 a.m in JSQ location.I was waiting my turn to have my car parked, and they asked me for my ID, which is fine, I showed it to them, and they asked me to leave. And the reason? The reason was that I didn't have a sticker! They asked me for my ID but not for a sticker! The man didn't even dare to say, “Show me your schedule,” or even comment, “We'll keep your car until you come back with the sticker.” They didn't say anything to me at all, and they didn't say anything to my face. All I said was that I was late for class. The worst part? The worst part was having to leave that parking lot ALONE! The street is very narrow, and backing out of that parking lot is difficult. I didn't even receive instructions or help to get out of there! I hit my car, and what did they do or say to me? NOTHING! I left there totally angry, crying because at some point, maybe it was my fault, but no one deserves to be treated the way they treated me.As I said, maybe it's my fault for not having a sticker! But you know how hard it is to find parking outside! How was I supposed to move my car, find parking, and come back? It was impossible since I had already looked for parking. And as I said at the beginning, what angers me the most are the VALUES, the way those people who worked this morning treated me. It would have cost them nothing to wait for me to come back for the sticker and leave my car there for 10 minutes, it would have cost them nothing to give me instructions on how to leave the parking lot, they did absolutely nothing! I am an immigrant student who, unfortunately, has been paying for college for over a year, and situations like this simply make me want to leave. I emphasize values because I work in customer service. I have never treated people this way, and I never will, even if I have a thousand people on line. ALWAYS TREAT PEOPLE WELL! And I don't want to think that just because I'm Latina, they treated...

This place is an joke!!!! STAY AWAY!!! Most reviews are based on grades And etc. (Disclaimer: grades are still pending) Everyone here is clueless!!! Finacial aid doesn’t know what there doing!! Most of the time, you’re talking to students instead of professionals in this area. Professors don’t not encourage students and there is not a great support system. This school is profit focused and not student focused. They care about making money instead of putting the students needs first. I came here to complete prerequisites for a post-undergrad program, so I don’t qualify for financial aid grants. When the semester first started in January, I was told that I qualified for $1,600 in the loan that there is no interest, which was perfect! Then 2 days later I get a call from their main financial aid office in JC saying I no longer qualify! Like what the heck?!! 2 days?! My financial situation did not change drastically in 48hours! Then they changed the story around, stating I now only qualify for $1,000 in the loan with interest. I submitted all the right paper work in and was told that everything was in process and my request for this aid was accepted. Now its April( almost the end of the semester) and instead of paying my remaining $515 (including the aid) they are charging me $1506.00 (without the aid)!! First of all, I was never notified of this change. If it wasn’t that i logged into the portal, I would of thought everything was fine (as i was told) Not a single email or phone call!!! Second of all, my loan all of a sudden was not approved with no explanation. Now, they continue to give me the run around! Long story short, I WILL NOT BE COMING BACK TO THIS SCHOOL. TRY OTHER ALTERNATIVES BEFORE ATTENDING HERE!! DEFINITELY NOT...