Metropolitan Community College-Longview

This place went downhill in 2013 when corporate wave establishment took over. Most of the decent teachers left when their benefits were dwindled. The replacement staff graduated from pseudo universities, such as Webster and other non-significant online places to teach mostly mediocre students. Every year the student body gets worse and appears to be less prepared for college than the previous bunch. If you can stomach an urban body setting with drooling faces then by all means attend. Don't expect much for what you get because this place is about profit at the expense of student's expectations. A theory of false hopes and rah rah rah attitude is encouraged by student service leaders onto their minimum-wage student staff, who are only appreciated if they drink their Kool-aid, and continue to treat students as if they were in grade school with trophies for poor work.

A lot of classes that are posted online for my degree either does not exist, or do not count to my degree. Of course no one in the advising office knows why or is willing to help figure it out. That is ok though, because at least the division head knows what she is doing and got it all figured out. Then again, their curriculum does not match the field I am going into at all nor the other schools in the area to successfully transfer credits. I also cannot forget how they took my money for a 5 credit hour class, but would not let me take the class. I never received a refund for the class, but instead was repaid with a F for the class that I was not allowed to take. Among many other problems that I have had with Longview, I realized that you most likely will not find help at all from the staff. I was forced to reach out to the other MCC campuses just to help with my problems with Longview. The staff here is very unhelpful, rude, and simply lacks the knowledge of their own curriculum. One star is more than generous to say the least.

This school has been absolutely terrible with communication and has made FAFSA and transferring transcripts a complete nightmare. As a freshman who had little to no help from parents, I had a lot of questions and concerns that went unanswered. I work full time and do not have time to run to campus at any given moment to ask questions. If you expect to get answers by calling, GOOD LUCK. Teachers are great and the campus is beautiful, but don't expect much help with enrollment, transfers, or grant and scholarship information-you're on your own for that!

I attended Longview and graduated. My credits could transfer, to my surprise, many universities. Flexibility, payment plans, free tutoring along with a variety of choices in my career path helped me meet my goals. I would recommend this to anyone needing flexibility while still working or low on money to pay for a full course load in a semester. My only complaint have been books but that's every school.