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MCLA is a great school for the price. 8,500 a year for a solid education. The professors are available and helpful. The mission of the school is to give the best education possible for the money. There is a 14 to 1 student faculty ration- and classes are not allowed to be over 21 students. A lot of individual attention and courses designed to bring a freshman up to speed for college level work, if required. There are a ton of non traditional students but enough young people for a normal college social scene. There is a large veterans population on campus that brings a different perspective to the conversation. Unlike hyper elite institutions that focus on wealthy students out of prep school, MCLA students bring life experience to the classroom and add to the learning. If you want a truly diverse student population at a good school with a very affordable price tag and good approachable professors, MCLA is for you!
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: B-
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This is one of the best schools in the United States for the money, other than the service academies, of course. The quality is so good for the money and the school is so unassuming that it was hard for me to believe just good it was for the cost. 8k a year for good college.
Individual Value: A+, Surrounding City: C-
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I have a laundry list of problems with this school, and they all take place in different classes as well as admin. For starters, from my experience, teachers don't like to respond to emails. I have sent them about problems I was having, as well as suggestions for class, and nothing. This aggravated me! I needed a tutor in one of my classes, and I was told by the teacher/professor that they didn't offer them. In admin, they would ask me questions, and I would tell them the answer. Then they would get pissy with me, tell me they dont believe me, and go ask another department to confirm what I had said. I had to withdraw from a class because of lack of communication from the teacher, and didnt want to deal with it any longer, and the registrar's office had a very rude attitude with me. A few of the teachers there dont seem to be very well educated in the subject they are teaching, and they also dont seem like they know how to teach the subject well, either. Another class, the teacher stood in the back of the room the whole time, every class, and gave a power point presentation. Not only that, you couldn't understand him very well because he would mumble, talk fast, and very soft. This is the class I dropped, because not being able to hear him in class, I would send him emails and try talking to him, and I wouldn't get anything. I tell you now, apply to other schools! I am leaving this school and not finishing my major. I refuse to spend my money on this quality! Oh, one more thing. My fiance was trying to get into this school. She spoke with the old transfer councilor, Josh, and everything was going good. Now the new one, Annette, has come in and has disregarded everything he told her. She was rude to my fiance, and definitely not helpful! Seriously? This is a school? I have come from a community college with 90 credit hours, and I have NEVER received this type of behavior! Wow!
Perceived Campus Safety: B+, Individual Value: D
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