St Louis Community College

This place shouldn’t even get one star, the sense of urgency is laughable. It has to be the most disrespectful and most unhelpful of any place I have ever been. Do not waste your money or the governments money by going here. Unless you get some of the true gems hidden under all the muck. The professors here make it worth the wait.

I have come here in the past to take tests for my certifications and had been very impressed… up until this past weekend!
Normally the testing department has it very organized. Your admission ticket tells you the room to go to and if you get redirected, its usually to a room next store or down the hall. They’d ID you, and everyone in the room was taking the same type of certification test.
This particular time, we were directed to a building that was two buildings away. Once there we stood in line for a long time to enter a computer testing room (yet the test wasn’t computer based) and crammed in with computers into this not so big room to take this test. Once you situated yourself and moved the keyboard, mouse, etc, you were then told the rules from Princeton to take these test by people who you can tell have never taken this test before. Bunch of people in street clothes, talking on their bluetooth while giving the instructions.
Despite the cell phone signs that were very visible, there were no reminders to turn them off and one went off during the test.
I had chosen to go back to FP because I have had success there in the past. I hope that stays true with the test results because the testing environment wasn’t the best.

Yes, I am reviewing a community college. Also, providing words to the wise.
This place has absolutely no organization to how they see their students in the admissions office. An hour wait is expected, but not 3 hours and after 4 approaches they realize they «skipped» over you by accident. I’m pissed!!!
Hopefully my school year won’t be the same as my experience in admissions and I still have financial aid after this too…

This review is more for the motorcycle safety class they offer at SLCC. This class is awesome! I thought it would be intimidating but the instructors were very patient, informative and put you at ease as though your dad or an uncle were teaching you how to ride a motorcycle.
You can either take the three day class or the two day class. I recommend the two day class just to get it over with. Although riding that first day for 6 hours straight did take a lot out of me!
This class is good for novice riders and people who have been riding on their permit for awhile. Most of my class was comprised of guys who already ride on their permit and just wanted to take the class so they could get their license. Even so, they all agreed that it was well worth it to learn the basics and safety maneuvers that they otherwise would have never learned. I even noticed that they were operating on almost the same level as the others of us who had never rode a bike, and it made for a good level of comfortableness for newbies.
Everyone had good things to say about what they heard from their friends and family as to why to take the class, so the course already has a pretty good reputation. I just wanted to give it a shout out as a woman taking the class so that other women who might read this know not to be intimidated, but that it is actually quite fun and not to mention pretty bad a** to learn how to ride a motorcycle!
Also, some of the other guys were telling me how they tried taking the riding exam with the state at the driver’s bureau and how it was technically a lot harder to get a passing score because the instructors are very particular about your skills performance and even they failed the state exam once or twice.
The course at SLCC is well worth the 200 it costs to enroll. Not only do you get two full days (9am to 6pm) of instruction and riding time, but you learn things from very experienced riders that you would otherwise never learn. Plus you then don’t have to take the riding portion of the exam with the state and you get up to 20% off of motorcycle insurance from participating insurance companies if you pass the course. You also get discounts on participating dealers on bikes, gear, and clothing.
Overall I give this course a 5 because it does a very solid job of making sure that you know as much as you can about being safe and operating a bike in a safe way. And because it is a lot less intimidating than I thought it would be and it gave me the confidence to keep learning on my own!

I currently attend Forest Park Community College, and am pretty happy with my experience thus far.
I chose my classes because I have a few things to knock-​out before I transfer to WashU, and STLCC is a fairly cheap way to do this.
This summer I am taking Ceramics, Comp. II, and Macroeconomics. I think my professors, overall, are really great. Even my economics class is pretty fun (it’s a night class and I’m still saying that!)
The library is large and diverse. I had to go there today and the librarians were so helpful, that two of them helped me at the same time. I’ve been to other community colleges where the librarians really couldn’t care less. Also, as part of your student standing, you are allowed access to hundreds of online research materials.
The campus is small and easy to get around. The buildings are organized by letters, and it couldn’t be simpler to find your classes.
I am taking off one star because the cafeteria is deplorable. When you are in college, one needs adequate nutrition to keep your mind sharp. The food is all fried; the choices are «bar food» at best. If you enroll here, eat before you come to class.