Cleveland Community College — Local services in Shelby

I went through 2 semesters (4.0 and 3.7 GPA; deans list) of in-person prerequisite classes, a TEAS exam, and a semester of online classes (4.0 GPA) before finally getting into the x-ray/radiography program in August of 2021. Dealing with the stress and anxiety of learning all the new information, going to clinicals multiple days a week, and eventually scratching and clawing my way out of the 1st semester and passing it, only to be told halfway through the 2nd semester that I should either restart the entire program again or withdraw and change majors. All that effort and energy and time and dedication for what?

According to the clinical coordinator/instructor, I wasn't where I needed to be by that point in the program (2nd semester). Her and the other 2 teachers in her office told me my best options would be to restart the entire program again by redoing the 1st semester with the incoming juniors, or withdraw and change majors. I already passed the 1st semester, why would I want to retake the whole thing?

I was struggling with x-raying the abdomen area and tried to get my comp on it countless times. There were other areas I was struggling with too. Apparently I wasn't learning/retaining the information as well as some of my classmates. How did I make it into the 2nd semester then? I just don't know what to say about how my experience in the program turned out. It did not go well in the end, and memories of that frankly depress me.

The clinical coordinator/instructor showed a lot of favoritism too. A couple other classmates of mine in the program pointed this out as well. That favoritism definitely impacted my performance and possibly those of others.

(2 * rating is for my experience in the program, not the...

I have mixed feelings about my time at Cleveland Community College. The student services and enrollment center is outstanding. The go out of their way to get students the help they need with little to no hassle. I was able to receive all of my learning accommodations and register for classes with ease.

I would like to say thank you to Dr. Willis. He was the best part about my college experience at Cleveland and is what every professor should strive to be.

However, the most dissatisfactory experience was that of the quality of healthcare department. I expected a little more passion and respect from my advisor and professors in the Bailey building. They have an attitude comparable to that of the any DMV. The education is of low quality because the just cram material and expect you to get it quickly (85 pages of anatomy in four days), I had to battle with them to use my laptop in class, and they are the type of professors that like to give pop quizzes just to add to our suffering. Also, if you are a radiography student and live in Gaston County, be prepared to drive 90min to a clinical site and leave at 9:00pm, while coming back to CCC the following morning at 8:00am. The amount of stress they inflict on students is insane! This is coming from someone who has achieved nearly 130 college credit hours and is typically a...

As an IT student, I've had a very mediocre experience studying for my double major (IT Networking and Systems Security). Just recently, however, I've gone through one of the most infuriating and stressful experiences I've had in years brought on by their NET-125 instructor. This instructor does not clearly list their standards for submitting work, and I've been given several zeroes for completed work that was submitted in their entirety, or missing one or so minor parts (such as leaving a comment saying you did the work). After several attempts to contact this instructor with no response, I've given up trying to talk with them about these grades.

For this reason and several others, I'm led to believe that this instructor does not care about the success of their students, contradictory to what they like to advertise. Their habit of giving zeroes for missing small portions of assignments that never actually pertain to furthering the students' education or demonstrate a student's competency with the material they've learned is a pointless and detestable practice. Would an instructor with a good work ethic and a genuine desire to teach and cultivate learning in their students give out the absolute worst grades possible to the pupils who are actively learning and submitting nearly completed work, but miss out on a few...