Originally posted by: RagingToad
"santa monica college is the worst"
reasons
30,000+ students
more students then classes
No parking
Waiting in lines for hours
Teachers dont understand their roles (they treat you like you are 12 and or dont bother to show up for class)
Rent is expensive
They accept all international students Too many asians and persians
Class selection is poor
No night life
No jobs
can go on and on
some of those are the silliest reasons to rate SMC as a horrible school. almost any popular and reputable JC will be like that. they oversell their parking. They have more students than classes ALL THE TIME. guess what buddy, it's like that when you get to a four year school, esp if you go to a big public school. if units are 11 dollars each, i wonder why so many people are there.
waiting in line is a fact of life. poor you having to wait more than a minute for something. oh no.
teachers will respect you if you respect them in return. there are quite a few jc students that treat jc's like an extension of high school when they should be preparing themselves for more in the future. perhaps your friends had a few flaky professors but on the whole some are good at what they do. i know i took two classes at a jc for summer school and not only where they some of the easiest classes i ever took in my life, but the professors were pretty cool.
no night life?! if you have a car, go into LA!
no jobs?! jobs are everywhere. if you're looking for a 20 dollar an hour student job, HAHAHAHAHA. be reasonable. there are a few out there but you have to look hard to get it. if you're going to be lazy, enjoy working in the usual barely over min wage jobs.
when you get to a four year school there are international students there also. oh no! run!
high rent? you don't want to live near SMC - it's so close to the beach, so of course rent is expensive! you're in LA too... what did you expect? 300 a month will get you a hole in the wall.
it is a jc - not a school to prep you for all. it will have all the ge's you need to transfer to most any school you want if you follow the right path.