I have had a horrible time trying to get through the admissions process. They have it strictly…read morestep-by-step, they stick by it no matter what, no rushing anything, and all they say is that they're really backed up from all the paperwork. I don't even know if I will be able to register for classes in time. I've had a frustrating experience.
My husband, for some odd reason, was classified as 'out-of-state tuition' so now we have to file this enormous petition to prove he's lived here for a year (he's lived here for over 6 yrs BTW). He probably won't be in time to register either with all the time it takes them to process paperwork.
We've never had such a hard time at a college before. They wanted proof of immunizations, which I found weird considering we graduated from US High Schools. Even after they've processed all your transcripts (which they LOST the first copy I had sent BTW) and other documentation, you have to wait to ACTUALLY be admitted as a student. Then you have to do your Compass test, and lastly you have orientation with limited days and most hours during the week. Work during the week? Too bad. Not admitted yet, because of paperwork processing delay, in time to sign up for the ONLY Saturday orientation? Too bad. You can go to the other campus 2 HOURS away (gee thx!). But you can't sign up for orientation without doing the compass, so if you take the compass the day before how do you make sure you have a seat for the last day of orientation? Over the phone they said I HAD to go to orientation and suggested I go 2 hours away since I couldn't go during the week, when I went into the office they told me I didn't have to go to orientation, if everything happened too late for the Sat. class then I could just talk to a counseler and sign up for classes. Well which is it??
I'm so tired from trying to deal with it and all the red tape. They need to hire more people to help with the huge influx of paperwork they apparently have during registration time & make more orientation days, because you're just left waiting, not sure if you'll be able to go college this semester or what. I find their excuses to be unprofessional - hire more temp help then! If what they told me in the office is right, that they've processed 15,000 applications these past couple months (true or not who knows), well then lets do some simple math; 15,000 x $20 application fee = $300,000. Think you could use any of that money to hire some temp help? Hmmmm.... I don't even know about the financial aid yet, and I've heard that they're a nightmare too, so that should be interesting!
Put in your application and transcripts early, or you'll be left doing the same thing. And don't let up on them at all - always check to make sure everything is looking smooth, your tuition status, all your paperwork, any holds, ANYTHING. So you can nip it in the bud.
I'm always told one thing on the phone, and then another when I go to campus. And the people on campus aren't always the most friendly people (probably because now they're sick of people complaining about the admissions process and how much it sucks!!).
Maybe I'll like the school, once I'm able to attend. I'll review again once I've experienced the classes and campus (if I can - hah!). But so far just a long stressful nightmare. I can't believe a school runs it's administration like this. No company would stay in business like they run their admissions process, EXCEPT the business of college.
