Paying out of pocket for school. Was told by Olympic College Records and Registration employee that I have to pay for parking. According to Security staff at Olympic College, I did not have to pay for parking. Parking is free in the summer. I was charged anyway for parking by the cashier while paying out of pocket for my classes. The Accuplacer Placement Exam is to see if I should take a certain Math course for Medical Assisting. The office where you could ask questions about the exam, closed at 1130am the day I was told to sign up for the test. I went online to sign up for the test and found out the fee was 25 dollars. Another out of pocket expense. Since the office was closed that handles the exam was closed: i put my credit card in the system and paid the 25 dollars. Unbeknownst to me, and because the office was closed, I did not know that the 25 dollars was not refundable. When I checked my calendar at home, I found out I had doctor appointments when the exam was to be taken. I immediately called the testing center at Olympic College to try and get a refund. No one answered the phone and of course no one was in the office. On the website for the 25-dollar Accuplacer test , there was not a warning that I would not get a refund if I canceled the test. The warning came after you had given the 25 dollar payment. I was shocked that an institution would not warn students beforehand. Becoming a Medical Assistant was my next goal after CNA program. When I talked to an employee who helped run the program, she told me that my previous courses taken at Olympic College would carry over to getting me a Medical Assistant certificate. When I met with the supervisor who was in charge of the program, her response took a negative tone. The supervisor told me that I would have to pay for all the classes over again. Being suspicious of her antics, I emailed the Dean of Olympic College. I got no response from the Dean. To me, this seems like a money grab. I am paying for my own college classes. I should not be paying to take the same classes over. Olympic College should ask the lawmakers to give them more money to stay open. Do not depend on students paying (out of pocket). read more

You can't say anything without offending someone of no pronouns, no gender, etc. etc. How are we supposed to grow as individuals if we're just offended all time. A lot of the classes are too long and should be split. Most of the classes I attended were people talking over the teacher asking questions that didn't pertain to most people. These questions should've been answered at the end of class so the lesson wasn't interrupted read more

I've attended this school 2x and each time I've had racist encounters with either staff or students. And some of their curriculum is culturally incompetent and racially insensitive. If you are of Black American/African American heritage please try to go elsewhere for higher education. read more

Very unhelpful with anything administrative, financial or disability wise. i was basically left on read long enough for them to charge me for classes instead of using fafsa and the financial director stopped responding to any email replies we sent. Only to respond again months later when i re emailed them a few times and mentioned not having my disability needs met. Negative stars if i could read more

Nursing program: Unsupportive of students, especially during the challenges of Covid. Administration is not in sync with instructors to the detriment of the students. Really can't get their act together on many levels. Ranging from spelling "nursing" wrong in the acceptance letter (first clue), to violating their own learning contract, to zero policy and procedure. read more

The college is not the sort of place students get sentimental about, but if you can't get into any school of your choice, you could do worse than Olympic. But all I want to review here is the Fireside Bistro. It's a wonderful hidden cafe on campus, with fireplace and extra special Friday feasts. Breakfast is only from 8 to 10 am, and offerings range from basic to oh my isn't that fancy. Menu changes to lunch at 10 with a whole different array of choices. You gotta get there before 1 pm as they do close early. The quality has varied from year to year. Previously it was one of the best little restaurants in Bremerton, a real dream to take out-of-towners to. It's not THAT good presently but it's still pretty darned good. The menu is in continuous flux and sometimes what they have is superduper. It was also dirt cheap in the past, priced so even students could afford it. But nowadays both the Bistro, and the basic cafeteria, are tragically expensive. I presume some funding got cut, and hungry kids and teachers had to pick up the slack. I would not generally recommend the cafeteria though the hot-table isn't notorious cafeteria food; the culinary students do try to design interesting daily menus, but it still has to work on a hot-table, and it can be too limited, and they forget about the vegetarians on campus too often. The Bistro, though, is worth checking the on-line menu (at the Olympic College website) and if it sounds good then it will be good, and worth a trip over there even if you're not a student. read more

I've studied in this college's ESL class before and Steven was a great teacher and everyone loved him. But when we leveled up and went to other classes, another teachers were the worst. We hated her (PS and RS), so we quit. They always looked down on us and acted like a queen. Actually they're literally Karen!! She (PS) was so mean and just took it out on us for no reason all the time. So I'm really happy that I quit this college. They never helped at all and only thought about their own convenience. They were very very selfish and unprofessional at all. They should be ashamed. But Steven is the only awesome teacher. But the other teachers were terrible. I don't recommend this college ESL at all. We had the worst experience in this college. read more

It is cool to have a community collage in town. I believe the main goal of this place is too rake in as much cash as possible and network their programs into any institution that will buy in. It would be cool if they started there own radio station, I would have to give them 5 stars if they did that. I also have a degree from this place, I have no idea what that degree is. read more

This review is for the Veterans Office. I had so much difficulty trying to work with them, their advisors and transferring to any University with through their lack of experience and understanding made it so much more difficult. They didn't think certain things would qualify through the VA. I had to call EvCC V.O. and the VA to get a real answer. Based off of prior community colleges and a university that I've attended, i'm rating their services as 2. I did enjoy their registration and a few of their advising staff. The main buildings were updated but the V.O. staff had me running everywhere to where I just decided to go a different route. Frustrating* read more

Why is everyone writing reviews about everything else except the actual college? Weird. The cafe is awesome though! My son's area of study is incredible. The professors are knowledgeable and available. The price is good and financial aid is available. You have no excuse, go to school now! read more

I've been to a number of 3 community colleges in my time on this rock - and this one is pretty solid. As mentioned in a previous review, the campus is intimate and fairly modern on the whole. The older buildings are well maintained. From one year of experience here, the professors are largely solid, but do yourself a favor and check them out first. The class sizes are conducive to the learning environment. Being an older gent and living nearby, I don't hang out like I did in the past, but the student center seems up to the task. The cafe leaves a bit to be desired, but then again it is a college cafe. The study rooms in the library are very useful for group study sessions. As a previous reviewer mentioned, parking is crazy. They just added a new parking lot that should help a bit, but I don't think it's large enough to alleviate the issues - I would recommend finding a spot early. read more

This is actually a review for the student store on campus, and not the college itself. I have an awesome tip for artists! It's worth going to the student store here for artist supplies! Buy your art supplies here, as opposed to any art store in the Kitsap area. They are cheaper! We were looking for drafting templates for artists and they were half the price the other stores were asking. Most all the artist supplies were half of what the art stores were asking. For example, the circle templates we were looking for were anywhere between $10-$14 dollars at Michaels, Jo-Annes, and Artist Edge. Here at OC, it was $6. Pencils were only $.85 to $1. At the art stores, $2-$3. I can't speak for everything else in the store, but for starving artists out there, can't go wrong. read more

Pretty good looking campus. Classes tend to be close together. At least in my personal schedule. I do wish that the cafe had better coffee and at least one more barista during the rush. Also, the bookstore just doesn't offer competitive prices. I was able to find all of my books at least 50% cheaper on Amazon. They were available for both purchasing And rentals. read more

This review will be about the college to satisfy the void. I have gone here for almost a year and a half and have found it to be an incredible school. The staff and professors are great and helpful. For the associates degree that I am going for I have only heard people rave about the graduates and that the OC puts out the best qualified people in this field. read more

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I don't care what everyone says, I love OC. For a community college they offer many certification programs, a huge variety of classes, and many degree options. The campus is brand new and well maintaine. The library is GREAT. Parking is a disaster but that's as can be expected. The area offers a wide range of students all with differing career paths and goals- I think it provides the perfect college experience. As well, teachers are flexible and friendly. I recommend it. And the nursing program is highly credited and competitive. read more

I have been with OC for over a year now. The faculty is great and the classes are rewarding. Earned my AA here and am going back for my BA. read more

This is not a review of the college itself (Which is a good place to start your engineering education nonetheless--thanks, Doctor Jeff Brown, you really did prepare me for big-girl engineering school!) but rather for its cafteria. With Garlic Jim's gone and Badda Boom, Badda Bing ALSO gone..... The cafteria in Olympic College is the last place left south of Silverdale and north of Port Orchard serving edible pre-cooked pizza in Bremerton. Go there to get pizza for lunch, because you might as well go to hell if you go anywhere else in the town, except to actually, you know, buy one from Papa Murphy's and cook it yourself. Just trust me, the school has a culinary institute, and it really is the best pre-cooked pizza left in Bremerton. read more

My first year there was really good. I did great in all of my classes, figured out what I wanted to major in and learned more than I did at the previous colleges I attended. My 2nd year at Olympic was bitter sweet. I was done with all of my required courses to graduate and transfer by the summer of my first year, but the math classes kept holding me back for one more year. Since then I have been accepted to a couple of colleges in NY and will be transferring to one this fall without a AA degree. I was a bit upset about that since all I needed was to complete a intro to stats class to graduate. Oh well I guess... read more

It's a good community college. A lot of WA state community colleges are much better than let's say the ones in Texas. Word to the wise: if you are a science major and have to go through the whole chemistry series, don't do it here unless it's the only thing you are doing. Compared to other colleges, including WWU, the chemistry department here is extremely challenging. For some reason they either have a very difficult professor throughout the whole series, or you can get an awesome adjunct faculty member but they will only be able to teach you for one class out of the series. The chemistry professors here vary in teaching styles and homework, but most of all, the tests. That is the majority of your grade after all. I don't know why they are doing this in their chemistry department, it truly is a clusterf*ck of random professors with random teaching styles along with very high expectations. If you are looking to complete the whole chemistry series (I'm talking general inorganic/organic chemistry) go to TCC. Save yourself the time, money and the heartbreak. It truly is just not worth it. Also do NOT, I repeat do NOT take a math or chemistry summer session course. They only recently reduced it down to 6 weeks and the professors and the students are suffering from it. Most of all, the students. I say this because you need the 10 wks to fully grasp the information for these courses such as gen chem and calculus. As for humanities majors, nursing/ allied health degrees, go for it! Flowers, the allied health chemistry professor is a wonderful, pleasant man. He is the only professor out of all of the chem department that decided to stick to the 8 week chemistry course. What a great guy! read more