Central Oregon Community College

This is a very good school. I really like this school. My teachers are very nice. I have friends that play with me.

Beautiful campus on a hill overlooking the Cascade mountains. Lots of stairs to get in shape on! There is a great variety of classes and caterer options, some feeding into nearby OSU-Cascades. There are fantastic dorms with amazing views.

Not friendly for transfers or people with careers seeking to further education. “Bobcat welcome” a mandatory slide show about “we want you to succeed” it takes a half hour plus and is not friendly on many mobile devices including tablets. When I say mandatory I mean you cannot even talk to an advisor until after the program says you’ve completed it. Which is frustrating because the program itself doesn’t always acknowledge when you’ve completed a section resulting in having to listen to the same amateur video multiple times. Plus it’s about as useful as a pep rally with little to no useful information for experienced students. They go over resources available [at every community college] but not when or who to contact.nnNext step you have to sit and wait during open advising hours (new students absolutely cannot schedule appointments.) which even if you show up early you’ll be waiting at least 2 hours. It’s on a first come first serve basis so even if you show up in the time frame you can be turned away. Then the advisor tells you they aren’t your advisor, the meeting isn’t to advise you, it’s to make sure you know how to register for courses. (Which could’ve easily been implemented into the Bobcat welcome making it more useful) But again it’s a mandatory meeting and you cannot sign up for courses until you meet with this person; there is a hold on registration until they lift it post “advising”nnThen you have to take a course on how to take online classes before being eligible for online courses, even if you have taken online courses before.nnI asked to sit in on a class and talk to instructors about teaching style and expectations, and that wasn’t something they offered.nnIf you’re just getting out of high school looking for cheap education to transfer later this is a viable option. If you already work full time and want to take flexible online courses; look elsewhere. If you want to be able to talk to instructors and have an idea of what expectations will be for you or talk about special needs/circumstances; look elsewhere.nnThere are better community colleges out there. If you live in the area, you may do alright, but it’s definitely not worth moving here for.

COCC is an amazing school with a really cool campus.

It may have been several years ago through the 2010 recession, but it was a great college. There are lots of new buildings through the recession.