First
off, Imperial Valley College is great for getting an Associates
and starting a small time career...has a good variety of
classes, and is almost tantamount to that of a High
School Campus, only two times larger. More good things
about the campus, the cost of attendance is not that
high, tutoring services are available in the library [and the
Disabled Student Services Program which I am enrolled in.] Financial
Aid...is picky pending your situation...it doesn't provide Federal Aid, but
it does provide State aid. There is a transfer center
to help you with transferring out of the college once
the time is right [I might just go for a
University Studies Associates, from there I can decide what I
want to do with my life.] The cafeteria isn't all
that good because most of the food it serves is
high in all you would not want, too many energy
drinks and pizza pockets, not many healthy options, JUST because
the cafeteria is not owned by the college, it is
its own entity.
Faculty are available up front or
by email to talk with, so no matter who you
are if you earn respect you will get it [which
include the teachers], councilors will thoroughly help you with finding
the right classes you need, ext...
As far as problems
go, like I stated the cafeteria is a private business
of its own, so things are not likely to change,
also the extended campuses have started closing so I hope
you don't live anywhere too far away from IVC Main
Campus. I would NOT recommend transferring to San Diego State
University because classes are dwindling and students are getting upset
with it. I know I am getting off topic but
SDCU is in cahoots with IVC...speaking of which, IVC doesn't
have too many articulation agreements with other colleges, which could
make things more difficult if you had a plan for
a Masters degree or higher in some areas, and if
your not careful theft could be a problem with a
few problem students [they are in every college]but as long
as you do not forget any of your things, you
won't have to worry about that.
The atmosphere of the
college makes it a great place to start out your
college days, just try not to lose anything.
My advice,
this is supposed to be a campus with mainly ENGLISH,
but Spanish seems to be dominant amongst the students, which
is annoying for someone that cannot grasp a second language
all that well, so if you don't speak Spanish, you
may feel a bit out of place, and yes, they
even speak Spanish in the English classes...what a pain.