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I have been going to Austin Community College part-time since 2019 because I was living in Austin, TX at the time. I was just going to get my Associate of Science because I did not know what my interests are at the time. When COVID happened, I found out that I wanted to focus on computer programming. I went to my counselor at the time, and he changed my major to a major that will not obtain any AS/AA degree but towards one that prepares students for the work environment. I was not aware that was... Read More the case, and fast forward to 2023 when I decided to go full time and get my Bachelor's degree, most colleges will not take the credits I have gained from ACC. Fortunately for me, ACC was just starting to offer their Bachelor's program and one of them was Computer Programming. I still have to change back my Associate program to Associate of Science in order to proceed to their Bachelor's program. I finished them all in 2 years despite the fact I have to retake lower level classes. Now I have 2 different Associate's degrees and 1 Bachelor's. Other than that, professors are all cool, depends on who you get. Facilities were always clean, parking was sufficient around the campus. Also, their finance section was super helpful and always picked up their phone. I was taking student loans first time, and they assisted me in every step of the way.

This school has turned into a complete joke. You cannot get appointments with your academic advisor. The quality of professors is almost nonexistent. They have professors teaching online courses that obviously do not know how to convert in person teaching to online teaching. Professors that give low grades with absolutely no feedback, or instruction on how they want the assignment done. Online courses that have absolutely no interactions with the professors, but just provide a generic rubric. And... Read More once again, the lack of being able to schedule an appointment with your academic advisor is ridiculous. I will never recommend this school, Their website is confusing, lack of communication is outrageous, will absolutely not be going back to them next semester. The very few professors that I have had that are amazing, cannot cancel out the experiences I have had with completely unqualified ones. My experience with ACC has been completely frustrating to say the least..

this school has let me down time and time again. they do not care about you, as soon as you get off the phone or out the door they will not help or move an inch or live up to their word. they send you in circles trying to talk to someone who will help you, but no body can or will. i am done with ACC, i was trying to finish my undergrad here but i just can no longer stand to be falling through the cracks. i have cried in front of countless ACC employees begging someone to care about me and my education,... Read More only a few have tried to help me and send me up a flag pole to someone who ultimately tells me to try again next semester since they can never help me. i just cant believe a school can be so mismanaged and that so many of its employees lack basic human empathy...

I am a student with disabilities. I started taking classes at ACC a few years ago and was satisfied and felt I am making good progress in my learning. Due to my disabilities, I have not been a full time student. ACC started off as a good college with good accommodations (comparable to my high school's support) but in the past year, the office to support students with disabilities became extremely difficult to work with. The accommodations I had received from high school are no longer allowed and... Read More I am struggling to receive support. The administration that is in charge of the office for students with disabilities somehow decided I no longer need the same type of accommodations I had received from ACC (and high school) for a few years. I am pursuing this through office for civil rights and I want to give this review so other students with disabilities understand what to expect. You should expect to go through heartache to get accommodations if this is the college you want to attend. At this point, I do not recommend this college to any student with disabilities. The administration from the Office for Students with Disabilities is very unfriendly to students who need support.

This community college is such a hassle to navigate online and in person! People working in every department seems to be either new or nonchalant with their work. I had to take a SINGLE class in Physics as a pre-requisite and while the class and professor was excellent, the system with ACC is screwed. I was required to declare a "major" and I wanted to just be in and out. Then admissions did not know what to do and referred me to one person to another. Such a headache, especially if you have an additional... Read More disability. GET OUT. The people working there do not care and simple things seem impossible to them. I don't get it. Please train your employees to work with diverse students and be more efficient. This school is stuck in the 90s, paper work here and there, tutors are those who are "unemployed" and not know their stuff, student's website is half-assed, just avoid this place if you're taking one class.

After graduating high school, I was dead set on going to a fancy 4-year music college in Boston. I wasn't interested in community college. It seemed like the boring route and what you did if you couldn't get into a 4 year program. I wanted the full college experience and the best teachers. However, paying rent in Boston was harder than I'd bargained for, I wasn't happy with most of my music professors and classes. In fact my favorite class at MUSIC school was Art History, and all the while I was... Read More paying my very expensive tuition with loans. Discouraged, by the bad fit of the college and my ever growing loan debt, I said, 'Goodbye' to fancy music college and returned to Austin with my tail between my legs. After finding a job and a place to live, I started my studies up at Austin Community College. There I have studied with amazing teachers in almost every department. This was a very good lesson. *Higher tuition does not equal a higher quality or even the right education for you.* I have been able to pay my ACC tuition as I go with Pell grants and working part time. I've attended small classes with brilliant teachers, and I can afford to explore other subjects and get a sense of what I really want to study when I transfer to a 4-year University.

My experiences with ACC have varied between feeling neglected by administration to feeling loved and nurtured by the instructors. While figuring out which prerequisites are accepted and what credits from previous schooling are transferable is highly frustrating, the classes and their instructors makes up for it completely. When I first enrolled at ACC, I thought I had already been accepted into my program, but when I had finished my prerequisites, I had found out that the program itself had a separate... Read More application process, and then had a year long wait list to which I was added ONLY upon completion of a whole other set of requirements, such as immunizations, acquiring health insurance, drug screening, a physical, and so on. Thus, when I had set out on my journey to become a surgical technologist, I had mapped out a timeline and made plans for work and finances only to find out half way through that I was nowhere near finished. Finally when I got accepted into the program and I got to actually start my program classes, I was overly pleased with my instructors and the curriculum to the point where it all made up for the wait and confusion. Now I am thrilled and can't wait until I get to do something that I love for the rest of my life. I made the right choice to not give up and to stick with ACC.

There is a negative association with community colleges, but ACC should not be put in the same category. Like any other university there are people that do not want to learn, the professors notice. If you have an interest in the class the professors make sure that you receive the knowledge you need to succeed. There are so many things to love about this school- There are different locations, so many different people to meet, and this school is made for you to have an outside life. This is the right... Read More place to go if you don't know your major or have decided to change your career.