Northwest Florida State College — Local services in Niceville

The teachers themselves are absolutely wonderful.

Everything else is such a pain that I'm debating switching to Pensacola. The staff with registration is extremely sassy and the student success center gets frustrated when you try to call for information. Further, the only campus that matters to them is the main campus. Smaller campuses are disgustingly outdated. Our A/C was either off or broken for the whole semester at the Fort Walton campus. The chairs were falling apart. They also have LED signs outside the main campus advertising "FREE MONEY" and "Grants Available" which sounds extremely scam-y, and they are. They make it near impossible to qualify for any financial aid. I work full time to pay for school and it's still not enough due to the fact that any changes are not accommodated. If you don't pay for all your classes at the same time they will drop you out of all your classes, even if you already paid for some. I was emailing registration about stuff and they told me they had taken care of something and notified the proper parties and then left me hanging which screwed over my semester and degree plan. Someone dropped the ball the blamed me for it even after attempting to vouch for myself, then proceeded to ignore me.

TLDR: If you're a perfect person who never needs any help from staff, sure feel good about your decision to go here. Otherwise, prepare for pushback and no refunds or...

STAY AWAY!!! Attempting to attend this school is absolutely pointless! This place is awful. I've been trying to enroll here and attend classes for months. I have the finances, the grades, and anything required on my end. I will briefly describe my experiences with this place. Signed up months in advance. It begins I drive to the school complete all paperwork, submit finances, and transcript. I ask every individual I encountered "are you sure this completes your portion of the process?" the answer is always the same. Oh yes sure! I return home a week later logon to the school's website no updates not one. I call the school they have never heard of me. I go back up to the school repeat all steps from day one. A few days later I check the website again. Nothing i'm not kidding nothing. I call they say oh it takes two weeks to input the information (one piece of one sided paper). At the time of this post it's been 3 months. I went all the way up to the school president (whom doesn't exist they don't have one) and ended up speaking with the executive assistant to a president that doesn't exist lol. That was also pointless. Take my advice stay away or if you're extremely bored and have endless time to waste North West Florida State College will be a great...

Dealing with the admissions office, financial aid, and anyone else that serves as a road block to enrolling or even receiving books is a complete nightmare. Overall, no one is willing to help you whatsoever. I've been sent on wild goose chases to be given the same answer of "oh I don't know sorry. If you want, you can talk to (insert other employee who won't know the answer either)" It's ridiculous and it's definitely an issue of the departments not communicating with each other and there not being any concrete guidelines or "manager." It is rare to find someone willing to help, but not impossible. HOWEVER, if you are lucky enough to enroll in a class then you will find that the teachers are extremely helpful and always looking out for your best interest. As a dual enrollment student of 3 years (with experience in fast track, hybrid, online, and full in class semester), I have never had a problem with any of the teachers and I very much appreciate all that they do. They are the only reason I'm not giving this school a rating of 1 star. If you can deal with the discouraging process of enrolling then you should not have any...