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When I was in high school I appliedQuite BrightNursing
When I was in high school I applied to 4 universities and was accepted to all of them. In the end I decided to go to a Pasadena City College because I wasn't sure about my major. People have told me that I made the wrong decision and that I should have gone to a 4-year but honestly I knew what I was getting myself into and why. I am glad I chose PCC because this place has guided me to what I want to do for the rest of my life. Some reviews here have said that the schools doesn't care and that they don't help. Maybe the school itself doesn't care but the majority of the faculty do care. There are so many resources available for the students. Those who say there isn't, well, they haven't looked. Some professors aren't helpful but that's where RateMyProfessors.com comes in. I use the website to find professors that will give me a challenge and give their time to help those who want to succeed. I suggest you don't abuse the website to find an easy professor because it will not help you in the long run. The Library is wonderful. Very open and comfortable. the first floor has the computers. They are fast and they give you about an hour to use it (depending the situation). The Librarians are funny and helpful. You should get to know them. The bookstore is very organized (recently remodeled) and the cafe sells food and snacks. It may not be the BEST food but hey, if you're hungry, you can eat it. If you don't choose to eat the cafes food then there are plenty of restaurants near the school. You can walk there. The campus itself is very clean and nice. Some bathrooms are old school but they don't have to be luxurious. There are sculptures around parts of the school and it gives the school a nice look. There are many clubs and organizations at the school. They aren't displayed much but there will be one for you. Most students aren't too bright. The ones I have met are nice. Some others I have met are closed minded and still have the whole "high school" character. I know a lot of people may complain about the close minded people and all but you shouldn't let that get in your way of your future. Once you go to a 4-year then that will be different. Yes, there are A LOT of asians and yes most are conceited but there are plenty who are nice and funny. All of this is simply my opinion. I'm pretty open minded and I research just about anything about this school. Just remember to use the resources and fight for your education. This school is a great school to start your path. I suggest you visit the school yourself and the surrounding city (beautiful). In the mornings I like to jog around the city because it is that nice. :D

Good Luck.Ps. If you have any questions go ahead and email me.

1st Year Female -- Class 2012
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Campus Maintenance: B-
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Pasadena City College is a good school withQuite BrightLinguistics
Pasadena City College is a good school with some of the best staff around and boasts a more than decent looking campus, however, every school has its dark side and somehow, this has been plagueing schools for a while but I believe that the negative aspects of the school involves its students.

The students are not really too serious about their education and some of them are, for the lack of better terms, pretty weird or crazy. I've met some that are so misinformed about laws, literature and arts that I wonder about where they even to for school. For example, I've met a student in PCC that claimed that we should sue writers or authors that are using public domain characters (characters in stories who are not copyrighted due to them being too old or aren't copyrightable, the public owns these stories not a company or person according to the definition that's provided by Stanford University, so they could be used or modified in any way in a different work). He thinks that we should start issuing lawsuits left and right because he thinks that the usage of unpatented, public domain characters is copyright infringement and apparently, this includes John Milton because he reinterpreted biblical characters (public domain characters) in "Paradise Lost". Don't let this guy into the English department to read "Paradise Lost" then, since he'll probably start freaking out.

I also met another person who wants to be in a cult (he's about 20 years old or so) and he admires people like Marshall Applewhite and Jim Jones (these 2 are also responsible for group and mass suicides related to cults). I actually want to stay away from this guy but I have to wait another semester before that happens.

The school's rooms are also pretty old, I don't mind older buildings so long as there is a sense of history or culture involved with their architecture (such as the castles or older buildings of Europe), but these buildings just seem so plain and boring and there is little art involved with these buildings making the learning environment very plain. The room that I was in also had a dead beetle in the window frame showing you how bad the buildings are.But other than the crazy students and old buildings, I don't have too many complaints.

1st Year Male -- Class 2018
Education Quality: B+, Social Life: F
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This school boasts one of most beautiful campusesQuite BrightLanguage - French/Spanish/etc.
This school boasts one of most beautiful campuses and has some very good teachers as well but as a few here have said already, the other students are horrible. They're very pretentious and think that they are intelligent but they come off as either politically correct or as conspiracy theorists. One guy came off as a member of the Heaven's Gate cult or a member of some other UFO group and another thinks that reinterpretations of legendary and mythological characters in storytelling is copyright infringement despite those characters being well over thousands of years old. Also, the students don't generally care about their education, but rather they care about having sex, smoking marijuana, drinking alcohol and other assortments of useless things. Some of them also come off as posers or hipsters as well, which isn't uncommon since it's Los Angeles after all. The food is also overpriced, the tuition is higher than most areas and the books are ridiculously expensive. Most other community colleges charge 100 dollars (maybe little more) for their books, this place charges 200 and sometimes 300. Whoever says that the students are nice probably are either politically correct or are sadomasochists. Other than those complaints, PCC is pretty average, the campus and teachers are good but the students are terrible.
1st Year Male -- Class 2016
Campus Aesthetics: A-, Social Life: F
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