Community College of Baltimore County

It’s hard to judge a college. Each of us is there for different experiences, and you can’t blame a college for a bad class or teacher. However, I judge CCBC mostly on it’s appearance, accessibility, and facilities. When it comes to that, this college barely makes a C-.
The buildings, other than a couple of new ones, are like old grade school facilities. They’re small, with worn linoleum and tile, and that smell that always made you nervous the first day back to school as a kid. The classrooms are cramped, the desks often broken (and definitely not sized for American adults), and the attempts to hardwire new tech occasionally full of fail.
Then there’s the roads, with their cracked pavement, potholes, and broken speed bumps. The whole place needs to be repaved and the winding roads (that sometimes lead to dead ends, when they should connect) should be redesigned. Not to mention the parking lots…
Oh, let’s talk about accessibility. You see, if you’re just a student, you’ll probably end up parking in the boonies EVERY DAY, walking ¼ mile just to get into a building. Some genius decided to turn HALF the parking spots (all the ones closest) into Employee Only. Yes, apparently they need just as much staff parking as student parking, although I highly doubt the staff-​to-​student ratio is even close. You’ll spend precious time and gas circling, looking for a single spot to open, and often just giving up and parking on the opposite side of campus. I know I arrive 75 MINUTES before class (and sit in my car), during one of the less busy times, just to be able to park a 200 yard walk from my classroom.
I’m only attending because it has some good CE classes for a particular specialty of mine. If there were any other option, I’d definitely choose a more up-​to-​date, accessible, and enjoyable campus experience.

I teach as an adjunct and several community colleges around Baltimore and Catonsville by far has the nicest campus, plus they are constantly renovating and expanding. My students come from all walks of life, ages etc. and they the consistently motivated to improving themselves and learning new things.
It’s a great vibe vs. teaching at a place like Harford Community that has that ‘13^th Grade’ attitude among it’s student body ½ of which seem to only be there because their parents told them it was that or get a job.

I’ve been enrolled here for 1.5 yrs. Love this school… never had a problem with financial aide… and the staff is pretty professional. One down side… if you’re waiting for that student loan check. (like most of us) it takes 6 – 8 weeks after the semester begins… rrrrrr. The good… the checks are written on an account from M&T. Hope you have a valid MD ID… that’s the onlyyyyyyyyyyyyy way they’ll cash it there. No other States PERIOD… unless you have an account with them. I TRIED… peace and mustard grease Unilocalers.