Wolf -
09/03/2020When I first started at CCCC It was a warm and welcoming environment. The staff are mostly nice and they offer a few programs that can help you with your classes, as well as help you reach your goals. At first I did experience some difficulties because someone from the school somehow forgot to sign my sign up forum and that messed up my academic plan and have also had issues with blackboard. However, the school itself may care about their students, but based off of their choice of teachers I beg to differ. I have gotten a couple of fantastic teachers who were friendly and helpful, but most of them do not seem to care about their students or their wellbeing. Most of the teachers I have had have been careless and cold. I will not specify which of these fits what teacher, but I will say that the teachers that I have had, including this semester have been: Rude, disrespectful, careless and unprofessional. They expect way too much of you in such little time, if you have any issues (internet issues, power outage, etc.) instead of helping or giving students another chance they immediately blame the student for "waiting until the last minute" despite the fact that it literally takes me that long to finish their ridiculously difficult assignments. Some of them make you feel so worthless for the smallest things. For example, you could work day and night to make an essay that is several pages. You work hard to do everything right, but the teacher decides to point out that single spot where you either forgot to put something or your document got messed up (Word will do that to you) and deducts points so your grade on that assignment is painfully low. It was also pointed out to me by someone that works at CCCC that a teacher is supposed to tell their students everything that they need to do to make sure they get a good grade. Instead I've got teachers criticizing me over something that I didn't do that they never even told me to do. If you don't tell me to do it, I assume it's not necessary because, like they said, teachers are supposed to give you instructions, not assume you're a genius and that you should already know what to do. They're teaching kids for crying out loud, some of which have never even been enrolled in school. Like me, I was homeschooled and they immediately expected me to understand how the system works. Nothing I learned in highschool is at all similar to what you learn in college and yet the teachers always expect you to know everything. Am I not here to learn? Some of them are so strict, if you don't do what they ask the second that they tell you to, they count that as a "missed" assignment and give you a penalty for it. You don't get any breaks to relax from all the stress and if you do take time to relax you will find yourself rushing to get assignments done. The amount of stress this school has caused me is the most stress I have ever felt. You can normalize this and say that this is just how college is, but it does not have to be this stressful. Good teachers exist and they are mostly non existent at this school. I have signed up for many things in my life, but I have never experienced so much negativity in one location. I am sorry, but it is true. If you can, avoid this college at all costs. Most of the teachers expect way too much and do not care about your wellbeing like they claim.
Amber -
05/08/2020It's a good-sized college full of both local and somewhat nonlocal students. There aren't many clubs and those that do exist don't advertise much or at all. The classes are nice but do not offer any artistic classes aside from a drawing class. Lee Early College students are a little snobby but there are some exceptions. The overall look of the campus has changed a bit since I first started there. They used to have really nice brick walkways which were replaced with blinding white concrete. The "student center" has been updated and features more sitting room. The library is a good size but many books have been moved since the renovations of the "student center" started.
Mary -
11/13/2019I really enjoy the Centra Carolina Community College as a whole. I have tried other colleges and the atmosphere at Central Carolina is different. Instructors and other staff really try hard to help you succeed. There is a wide array of programs designed to make your current classes successful as well as programs that will benefit you after you leave.
