Northern Virginia Community College Top Questions

Most people at NOVA are stuck in that cycle of constantly changing majors and may be stuck there until their parents pull the money from them. However, there are plenty of people who are there to save tens of thousands of dollars. Plenty of people who have the grades and skills to move on to a university or career afterwards.

The students at my school vary from kids coming out of high school to adults and single parents like myself coming back to school after many years to finish their degree. It is amazing and fun to see how the different generations interact and learn from each other when paired in groups to learn and work together. There are many types of people on campus. People of all genders, races, and religions and I think everyone does a good job of getting along. I have not once seen or heard of a fight on campus.

Classmates were very diverse and didn't take community college seriously, most of them were their because thier parents made them go to school.

Do not have too much interaction with students at school except in discussion modules in the online classroom. There is a wide variety of students.

I got to know a girl named Felicia. She is a sephomore at VCU but she is taking summer class at NOVA. We get along well and actually help each other a lot on homework. She's so nice and kind that we keep talking more after class and in break time. The shyness I felt on first day has gone because I obviously can have someone to lean on like Felicia. School has never been this amazing before.

Everyone I took classes with was as diverse as you could get--every ethnicity, nationality, age, economic status, linguistic status, and every type of career goal.

NOVA has students from all over the world and I have never found a racial problem. Some study groups are from different countries such as Nigeria, El Salvador, Russia or Pakistan.

As I've stated in my previous answers, NOVA offers a very diverse student body. I am one of the older students on campus, but I love the environment. It's rich with curiosity and learning. Everyone seems to get along. Not only is the school diverse in ethnicity, but it's also diverse in the financial backgrounds of students and seems to hold no predominant political opininon.

Freshmen just need to get to know the ropes to do well - but everything in life is an adjustment. There are several groups on campus - all religions and ethnicities - and everyone gets along well. Most students wear jeans/casual dress, but some do like to make fashion statements. Most of the students live locally, but there is also a good international student body developing. Financial backgrounds of the students are very diverse - all ends of the financial spectrum. The commonality is all want to do well and succeed. Students do talk about how much they'll earn one day, and expectations are probably higher than reality, but given the economy and inflation, they may be right.

The students that attend NOVA are from all over the world. In fact, my best friend is from the Ukraine. On in given day, the campus is buzzing with many different activities all organized by the students. There are many different clubs and groups to join (International Students, Community Outreach, Environmental Awareness, LGBT, SGA, Psychology, Biology and many many more).