This review is for the SCE testing center they offer for students who are in MT SAC or from other schools, not the ACCESS test center. Back in January I scheduled an AutoCAD certification exam in this school, and this is a HUGE, beautiful community college. One of my high school friends used to go there before transferring to CPP- they offer lots of programs including engineering, arts, and science. The library is really nice and big too way larger than other schools- and they have more up to date and clean classrooms and facilities. Even the bungalow building on the east side of campus is old, but they renovated the inside including the testing center- even though I didn't pass the first attempt of my AutoCAD exam, the proctor marina still ensured I had a great experience with the certification exam process. She understands that I needed accommodations from ACCESS even as a guest coming from a different school that needs to take AutoCAD exam there as my school doesn't offer Pearson VUE testing- so she helped plan it ahead and allowed me to bring my snacks and water for the test breaks. She still remained positive even if my exam didn't go well and overall with the services the school provides including the basic needs center they do a lot of great things for the students, even if you aren't a Mountie you can visit and appreciate the sculptures that are all there- my favourite is the friendship stone :) read more

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Every year, Mt. Sac hosts a huge Cross County Invitational meet. This year, I was a spectator while my son participated. The meet is touted as 'the world's largest cross country invitational' I hate to admit this but based on the website, I thought it was going to be a complete madhouse but it was so well organized! There is a parking fee (paid on site and in cash) and a per person spectator fee (which you can pay online or in person). My review is two fold- a spectators view and a runners view: Spectator: You're in a huge stadium, and while you can only see the jumbotron, you're basically getting a birdeye view of the race because there are drones and cameras on the course. The sports announcer gives everyone in the arena a play by play so you aren't missing a thing. Runner: My son said the course was nice- a combination of asphalt and trail running. There was plenty of merch available and it wasn't too overpriced. The t-shirts are nice quality. Overall, this is one of the most organized invitationals I've been to. Well done! read more

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Avoid Mt. SAC Admissions and Records if you can. This is just doing yourselves a favor if you like--the administrative services here are completely broken. My family has been dealing with an absolute bureaucratic nightmare for 3 months since June trying to resolve a simple in-state residency classification for my son. Both parents are permanent, lifelong California residents, and we provided every single piece of documentation required by school and state law. Despite this, the frontline office staff completely misinterprets the California Education Code, incorrectly questions age requirements, and rejects valid proof. The worst part is their stalling tactics. Every time you go down to the office in person or upload a document, they tell you it takes 2 weeks to review. Then, when the 2 weeks are up, they claim they need "one more thing" just to reset their internal clock and buy themselves time. It is a never-ending runaround that forces local residents to be illegally overcharged out-of-state tuition rates. The campus is facing severe internal friction and management gaps right now under the current leadership, and it completely shows in how poorly trained and unresponsive the student support desks have become. Do not let them string you along--escalate your issue to the Dean or a Vice President immediately if you want anything done. read more

Beautiful and well-maintained pool. My kid swims here often -- morning practices with steam and sunset meets are amazing. Great seating, clean deck, and always a smooth, organized experience. Highly recommend this aquatics center for meets and training. read more

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Incompetent student workers. Provide no assistance nor help and are not up to par in doing what they are getting "paid" to do. I would definitely not consider any of Mt San Antonio student workers for any job pertaining to customer service because they consistently fail to demonstrate the capacity to do. Do better. read more

I was a student of Mt. San Antonio College (SAC) located in the City of Walnut many many blue moons ago. I attended it right after high school to complete my General Education (GE) courses. I remember it being a very good community college. Teachers were fantastic. Parking is ample. There is a nice plaza across the street from this college. Most recently, I was at the Mid Autumn Festival held at the parking lot of Mt. SAC. It was a really fun and interesting event. Thanks Mt. SAC for hosting the event. I didn't get a chance to walk on the grounds of the college so not sure how much it may have changed... probably not too much... maybe just added buildings. I am sure some things have changed over the course of 30+ years. But it was nice to reminisce the good old days in my thoughts. Thank you! read more

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Most of the professors at this school are excellent. However, many of the administrative staff are extremely rude and arrogant. This has been an ongoing problem for years, especially the Financial Aid Office and the Admissions Office. read more

This is a great community college. However, watching the graduation commencement. The opening speech does not belong in this celebration, keep your political views out from this supposedly a very positive event. Let me remind you, the focused are for the graduates! It's the time to congratulate the hard work and dedication these students sacrificed to reach this accomplishment. Don't take the shine away not even for a second from these students who earned their place to be part of this grand celebration! read more

My son's first day, he is excited, I'm a little nervous it has been 20 years since my husband and I both graduated from university. Now, there are so many different apps which are so helpful, but process is different of course, overwhelming. However, we are very thankful for the help counselor Hernandez L. and Heather P. From Tech Center offered us. They both have been so helpful and answered all of our questions. We truly had a great experience! They are beautiful people inside and out. BUT, I am only giving Mt. Sac 4 stars, only because we did encountered someone being insensitive to my son. He was a student worker from the information desk. He was very rude to my son, instead of helping and making him at ease, he laughed at my son who was asking for help, not knowing that I was just a few steps away. I brought it up to school of Dean right and then, they did say he would be talked to, I suggested a sensitivity class and I want to believe they will handle it. But as stated before working with Ms. Hernandez and Heather P. Is the only reason why I'm giving MT. Sac 4 stars. read more

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My daughter goes to this school because is really close to home. Great building and renovations are great. However the new improvements and change of bus stops to a main one has put in danger the students . With many attacks and robberies since they opened. read more

Really guys you charge for parking but on an event night over an hour to exit. Congratulations you have officially defeated Dodger stadium for the worst parking in sports history. read more

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Nachos had barely any cheese at all. Gatorade was room temp. I'm confused how such a nice complex can't afford to put more nacho cheese and have shaded seating for dive. Music is nice sounds like a club! A drink would be nice to complement the club music!! read more

Mt San Antonio College - Nachos from concession stand - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Walnut, California

I spent all of my year at this college being bully daily by Ms. Candace Lynn Leuthold. If you notice students who start to act abnormal or change in behavior please talk to them, the bullying and emotional abuse from Ms. Leuthold is severe. She will begin smear campaigns against the student she is actively bullying and having other teachers bully students by proxy by promoting exclusion and isolation from others. Students began to worry for my safety in the school as well as my own concerns. a bully has no remorse, no age group, and it will only intensify as well as escalate. Shame on these teachers for allowing this abuse!Protect these students from Ms. Leuthold I have to disclose my name on this Yelp account to protect myself. read more

Try to get into college calling back and forth no answer and when they do answer transferring me all around. I've been waiting my student id but never receive. Over all customer service is poor. If i rate zero star i would. That's what you get when the college is cheap. read more

I am rating this school based on the allowed discrimination that goes on between staff, professors, and other academics. You have to learn to recognize that there's also institutionalized discrimination (not just the discrimination people know exists). I've been discriminated based on my background on what professors played as a joke: Everything from age, my name, and even stereotyped. What they didn't know was that I have plenty of experience working with school, college and high school districts so I am quite familiar with what Title 9 (IX) is and the rights of students, workers, and staff. When I pointed this out to this particular professor, the shock on their faces and the silence in the room. Yeah, picked the wrong one, didn't ya? Feminism? How is this not gender/male discrimination again? Women's rights? Equality?! I've taken enough professors that some strongly voiced how they hated men and the so-called patriarchy?! Wow! A mental case much? I have nothing to do with your woes or whatever injustices you feel entitled to discriminate me based on my appearance or genitalia, so go take your battles and opinions elsewhere or keep them at home! Another one was socioeconomic status. One professor thought it was a good idea to indirectly tell a student that they are dumb or too broke to buy and own the software needed to pass a class. And then you have the professors who play with favorites...ooof dangerous game right there! Academics and the school live in their world thinking they are free from consequence just because they are (insert job title or role here). I am here to change that today in hopes that everyone holds this school and bad actors accountable. If you're a student that's been discriminated against by age, race, religion, sex, disability, socioeconomic status, or even limited language proficiency, DO NOT! I REPEAT!! DO NOT file a complaint with the school. This includes MT SAC's Human Resources, Student Life, and Administration because they are there to protect the school and reputation, NOT YOU! If you file a complaint with the school, I can promise you very little if nothing will be done. So here's the rub, For Title 9 (IX) violations, what you want to do is file a complaint with OCR (Office for Civil Rights) which is part of the U.S. Department of Education. Does this sound familiar? It should! Fafsa? Hellooooo?! Quick Info: https://www.myschoolmyrights.com/rights/file-a-complaint-with-office-for-civil-rights/ More info: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto.html To file an online complaint form (select begin assessment): https://ocrcas.ed.gov/ You will fill out and answer: 1. Who was subjected to discrimination? 2. What was discrimination based on? 3. Type of institution? 4. When did the last discrimination occur? 5. Request a 180-day Waiver? (this means to make an exception for you to investigate if the incident happened more than 180 days as it must be reported within 180) 6. Has this matter been filed somewhere else? 7. Next Step? You will submit and file the rest of the details and info! It's all self-guided, you just have to have the information, dates, names, locations and all. You will do just fine, so take a deep breath! They will open an investigation with the school, and you will be protected by the Department of Education. This is why filing a complaint with a federal entity is much more effective. If the college doesn't care about you why should you? Filing a complaint with OCR protects you from retaliation from the college and the accused as it will be documented! You can also google title 9 lawyer in California if you feel like you've been disciplined, suspended, kicked out or expelled unjustifiably (again, not legal advice and at your expense). This helps if the school refuses to work with you on a solution or somehow your record is tainted by an incident or accusation that wasn't true or justified through no fault of your own. This is a serious scenario that can alter and limit your future, career, and higher education prospects, so fight it and give them hell if you know you're right and innocent! False accusations happen more often than you think! If you want the watered-down version of the self-reported college discrimination complaint form and you feel like the school is in your best interest, ya it's here too but don't say I didn't warn ya (again, file with OCR AND NOT THROUGH THE COLLEGE ITSELF!). https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?MtSanAntonioCollege&layout_id=1 Good luck to all and hope this helps! I have a case I cannot discuss as it's still being settled. read more

You look great and promising. It is good that you show as a good role model for this college. Do you know that the students in the Mt SAC library and silent learning center make a lot of noise. Allowed. Even students are allowed to come in with the smell of weed or marijuana. This college offers Weed/Marijuana program. Thank god you look like a good students. May God bless you to have a safe journey. Nice pictures. For other areas, need to be evaluated and shared, but mostly should be rated as good. I have taken video for unreasonable and unnecessary bothering by others. Mt. SAC library used to offer snack and milk during the Final week for students who studied until 11 pm in the library, but now, no more, unfortunately. read more

They try to make this a great place for all students to learn but there are serious problems with their online presence and wifi on campus.

Great school always something new. Transferred from here and got into UCBerkeley UCI UCLA.

The parking here is absolutely fucking RIDICULOUS. Why is it that there are always a bunch of empty staff parking spots, while us students have to circle the lots MULTIPLE times to find a spot, sometimes not even being able to find one. I had to miss my first day of class today because of this bullshit. I must have circled the entire A and H lots over 10 times, not once finding a spot. People have been complaining about this for YEARS. Staff do not need nearly as much parking as they are given. Us students need it. Do better. read more

Mt San Antonio College - Basically a cup of ice with a splash of juice - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Walnut, California

Come check out Mt. SAC! The camps is completely updated and uses the latest technology in classrooms and around campus. The staff and facility truly care about student success and transfer. There's many programs and financial aid to help with tuition. Located in lovely Walnut, CA, there's 360* views and nature all around. Lots of student activities for all ethnicities and lifestyles. Online courses are also available. Oh, don't forget there a lot of vocational classes that offer certificate programs. There's even a motorcycle riding course you can take! read more

Great school. But the overweight African American lady at the financial aid office comes off as miserable and patronizing.

Our first time on this campus was to attend a state cross country event. High schools, mostly from all over California, were there that weekend. It's considered the largest annual cross country venue in the world! While it managed to crowd control well by spreading the heats over the weekend, they overlooked the most obvious part of their campus for spectators to enjoy the running: use of the empty track and seating area. Come on! Parking cost was $10 in the lot but if you go on the weekend, street parking is cheaper - even meter parking will be less costly. read more

Mt San Antonio College - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Walnut, California

Great school! It has many resources and many opportunities. The campus is pretty big. Teachers and employees are always very helpful. Seats and tables are always dirty. The food sold on campus is not so good. Go across the street for your lunch. read more

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Great campus and people. The staff members are very nice and friendly. They help you on which classes to take, directions on campus, or they redirect you to someone else who's more knowledgeable in the subject. The professors are great as well. They make sure the students are able to understand the lecture. The campus is going through renovations and it is looking fantastic. read more

Today is Elijah's 1st Day of College at Mt San Antonio College @mtsac @wearemtsac #MtSAC #thinkrelink read more

Mt San Antonio College - Elijah - Colleges & Universities Near Me - Walnut, California

This is literally the worst college ever. They change their phone and Zoom Call availability without emailing students, so I was on the phone waiting for a counselor to pick up on a Friday (their website says M-F) but they had changed it to M-TH without any warnings or emails, what a waste of time. I'm giving it 2 stars because some of the teachers are okay, but one counselor recommended I take a class (I'm almost graduating by now), in comes registration day and that class doesn't exist, like??? I'M TRYING TO GRADUATE!! why tell me to take some made up class and stress me out like that?? They are never available for emails either. If you email them they will send an automated email back asking you to call them, like THAT'S WHY I'M EMAILING YOU, because there are no phone calls available!! I would recommend you never step foot on this campus so you can be a healthier and happier person because God knows I've never been so stressed and unbelievably unhappy before being at Mt. Sac. Extra Notes: Parking sucks, some of the teachers are unbelievably rude and harsh, don't bother emailing if you can't get a phone call, they'll just email you the phone number you were trying to call in the first place, DO NOT GO HERE!! read more

As a student transferring from RCC to MT SAC I'm sadden how horrible the financial aid office is here to it's students Wendy is who I talked with today and cut me off multiple times when trying to speak. Her attitude is not pleasant and she should not be working for a school when she clearly can't even talk to students without being rude or even letting them speak. I talked to multiple people prior about how I am Coming from RCC and not one told me I had to file paperwork in order to stop the payment from there since I'm only taking one class. She couldn't even help me locate the paperwork just told me to find it on the RCC website. I will writing hiring ups in MT Sac to see what can be done about hiring staff that's capable of being somewhat informative to its students. read more

I've had the best professors here. They really care about you succeeding. They also help you when you need it. They go above and beyond for everyone. They want to see you succeed. I like that they offer online courses especially with covid. I even took a beverage class and got to try different wines. I loved the nutrition classes with the labs Jean Metter is an excellet teacher. Sylvia is great too. During covid they were giving emergency grants to students which helped me pay my rent. They keep building and getting nicer. read more

i took a few classes here back in 2006. pretty decent school teachers were really nice and students were mature (it is college afterall). parking is convenient i bought a parking permit so i didnt have to pay for parking every couple of minutes. im a firm believer in you dont need to attend a prestigious college like ucla usc or harvard to get a decent college education (if you could afford it and get accepted good for you) but not everybody could afford it much less get into one (im talking about myself) so im glad mt. sac exists even adult school is a good alternative because at the end of the day, our goal is all the same (learn a skill to survive in society) just a different way of doing things. do what works for you. Different strokes for different folks. read more

They don't help all students with disabilities. I struggled in all my classes but they don't fully understand my disabilities and mental health. read more

Classes are cool but they lag on giving you fafsa and they do it wayyy after classes start and its useless because how are we supposed to pay for $50 books without our refunds ? Alot of us are broke college students struggling trying to make it . The financial aid office sucks their pretty much useless their always rude in a bad mood they lag on emails for days or they tell you to call them and they have you on hold for 30 minutes when a question takes 2 minutes to answer . its a complete waste of time if you dont like your job then give it to someone else whos happy to help people read more

Worst college I have ever been to in my whole Intire life. And I have been to their college for over nine years.

St Patrick's day Hello. I am learning my way around. Where NOT to park for instance. Lot runs along side temple. No thats 4 staff. No no. On Grand ave. Yes. If very temporary stop lil parking lot as you enter on left side as you enter. The lane entering past Information booth to the right is a paylot. Machine accepts dollar bills and plastic atm. $4.00 4 day. Further down Grand ave past main entrance. Is payed tags parking 4 students only. Very well patrolled. read more

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Really good college it's a big school people here are nice and keep to them self the library kept up really nice and clean

This school is so ridiculous with giving you a date to register for classes. I need 2 more classes to get into the program I want here but since Spring of 2021 that class has filled up even before my registration date. Their solution was to take the class at another community college. Why would I do that? What's the point of attending Mount Sac then? I'm so over this school. read more

Why is it so difficult to make an appointment with a counselor? What does that mean I have to call you at 8:00 am to get the same day appointment? Why the website doesn't work? I don't think this department should exist. The parking sucks The management sucks The first a few days of semester is nightmare. They will only give you ticket rather than send someone who can tell us where we can park. The management is bullshit read more

I have been trying to get a campus tour for my HS senior. I made contact through the website and I was contacted about a specific date. All was well until we tried to set a time. Then, no communication. I attempted to send multiple email and calls, nothing. Is this how Mt. Sac does business? Maybe this is not the CC for my son. Very frustrating! read more

Best Junior College in all of So Cal. I attended college here many years ago and graduated with a Certificate in Physical Therapy. So many good programs and financial aide opportunities here. Purchase used books at the used book store across the street. Great instructors that really help you achieve your goals here. Libraries are nice and clean. Campus has a couple of food venders and Starbucks there. Great school. read more

The lack of effort and energy from Admissions, the Cashiers Office, and the laundry list of Deans makes this college feel like the DMV / Postal Service of colleges. They delayed responding to my claims for a refund until, by their policy, it was "too late" to file a claim. I've attended 3 professional programs, and I've never been more disappointed than I have been with Mt. SAC and its affiliates. read more