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I am going to tell you what I have seen at Reynolds Community College. I, myself, went to a public high school in the West End Henrico/Richmond area. I had a fine child hood, and my high school was a great school with a safe amount of diversity. The reason I came to Sarge is for 2 reasons; I slacked off in high school barley reaching a 3.0 without ANY work, and I am not born in America (which means I don't have a tree in my backyard that grows 100 dollar bills). I could have gone to a easy-to-get-in school like CNU, ODU, Radford, etc, but I chose to not get into debt at an early age, and basically found out that, minus the social life, the first 2 years at a CC are practically the same as they are at any other school.
The idea of a community college is great. People get to go to school or even back to school to improve their lives. CC is a life saver for a lot of people like me because it gives me a great opportunity to transfer to ANY public school I want to after 2 years. Yes, I can get into schools like UVA, VT, JMU, CNU, ODU, WM, Longwood, etc, just by finishing to easy years at Reynolds. Thank God the government did one thing right with the public school systems!
If you are going to Sarge soon, don't ever forget this: If you are white, deal with the white staff/faculty, and if you are black, deal with the black staff/faculty. There is this unspoken race rule around Sarge that I have noticed a lot. I am white, the white teachers treat me very well, so do many black teachers but the black teachers treat the black students differently. I Don't think it's racism, I just think it's a way of people bonding together more. If you go in to talk to an adviser, talk to someone that is your race. The first time I went in there, I got a black female that gave me a few classes that I "might" want to take and told me to go home and wait till Fall school season to start. I went back in, and coincidentally ended up talking to someone like myself and she gave me some information that I HAD TO DO to even start going to Sarge. If it wasn't for Mrs. Carol Krantz, I would have probably NEVER started going to school on time. Carol is a very helpful person, and she seriously does care, and even goes out of her way to help everyone. Tre'na is also a helpful person in the office that I have noticed and I would recommend her. Do not talk to anyone else b/c I have noticed that many people their just want you out of their office ASAP.
Now, if you are choosing classes for next semester.. CHOOSE WISELY! Go to RateMyProfessor.com always and check out your teacher if you haven't yet.
For English, I recommend Brownhill and Physillis Davis (this lady loves to connect with her students)
history; Shepherd. One of the greatest teachers at Sarge.
Business and ECO: Eseonu
Math: Lamb!!
Choose wisely, b/c if you choose a teacher who gives out an "F" like it was oxygen, then you can seriously hurt your chances of transferring to a good school.
Now, about campus security. Basically rent-a-cops who can legally give you a ticket. Follow the rules while driving, stop at all stop signs, don't speed, etc... They will pull you over. Park correctly b/c they love to give out tickets like hot cakes.
As for books, try searching for students who have had your class and ask them if you can buy it off them. Do not go to bookstore unless it is a last minute kind of thing. Look around the walls, people post advertisements to sell their books all the time.
There are a lot of people that smoke at Sarge. 99% of them smoke outside of Burnette building and all look like they'll be working at Wal-Mart after school. Warning, if you stand out there smoking, you will be approached at least once a day by some ghetto guy saying "hey yo anyone got a smoke" and if you reject him, he will shrug you off as if he had cancer and you were the person that gave it to him.
I have more to say but I just don't have time to say it now. I, overall would rate this school to be positive. It has many problems internally and it is embarrassing to say that I go to a community college, but... this school is an amazing stepping stone for people who don't have much money and for people who have made mistakes in high school or earlier in life. I will be transferring to Virginia Tech this semester and I know for a fact that this school is the reason why I am going to be Hokie. I have had good times and bad times here but it paid off. Thank you Sarge...! Goodluck to everyone, I hope you make it like I did! | Scholastic Success: A+, Extracurricular Activities: F |  | | |
| | Dec 13 2009 | 1st Year Male --
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| | I have been going to jsr for 2 years now. I recently migrated from U.K. and I think jsr gave me a very smooth and friendly transition into the U.S.A. I was just accepted to Virginia Tech to do Engineering V.T has one of the best Engineering programs in the country (ranked 31 nationally) and I don’t think I would have been able to go there if it were not for jsr my dream of going to V.T would not have been possible. the reason for this is that VT has what is called an articulation agreement with jsr and it says if you maintain a gpa of 3.0 in the engineering program you are guaranteed admission to V.T. in a nut shell I don’t think the best engineering school in Virginia would let their outstanding department be ruined if they thought that students from j.s.r were not smart. | Preparedness: -, Reputation: - | | | |
| | Jan 26 2006 | Male --
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| Bright | This community college is by far the worst I have ever heard of, or attended. I have travelled alot and consequently attended 3 other community colleges and one university. The general location is dowtown Richmond, which consists of nothing but ghetto folk and garbage. They try to keep everything "historical" but that is just an excuse to not clean the buildings and surrounding area up. After treking across the highway overpass where you are forced to park (unless you want to pay the city 5 dollars of course), you will come to one single unattractive 6 floor building. Basically, my experience, and many others from the conversations I have had with people, is the same. In every department I am faced with incompetance; financial aid, admissions, testing centers, parking, records, as well as specific academic programs. Specifically I have had experience with the LPN program and the RN program. The inital admission and program progression information they provide is vague and missing important aspects, making students feel they are on the right track for doing prerequisites and admission tasks. Then when it's the appropriate time to speak with a counselor you find out you're missing somethign to be admitted or something was done incorrectly. Then finally, you are admitted to the program and you are put on a waiting list. They tell you it's for 6-18 months, but don't be fooled. You will be sitting on your butt for the full 18 months. Finally you'll be admitted to you first nursing clinic and on your way to endure 4 semesters of hell. That is of course unless something tragic or unfortunate occurs to you or your family. That's correct folks- during orientation you will be told that if you suspect money issues or illness or even death will come to you or your family, it would be best if you sit this semester out. Because they are not going to work with you for any reason. Almost every teacher I have met is the opposite- too accomodating because they are so worn out from working in this hellhole. They constantly give take home tests, let you make up a test weeks after the rest of the class took it, and tolerate cheating and rude behavior from the hoodlums that attend this school. Please do yourself a favor folks- no matter what, do not attend this school or you'll end up being almost done with your program but fed up and disgusted everyday (like me). | Collaboration/Competitive: C, Education Quality: F | | | |
| | Oct 25 2005 | 2nd Year Female --
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