Hillsborough Community College

I completed my Associate’s degree here at Dale Mabry campus not too long ago, and based on my fantastic experience, would recommend the campus to anyone considering studying here.
The campus houses buildings that are well-​maintained, and all the instructors who taught me were a great source of guidance.
I would also like to mention and thank certain advising and other support staff who helped me in times of uncertainty and great stress, as I am not from around here. I had a great experience.

Okay it’s a fairly pretty campus. The courses offered are pretty comprehensive and there is a fair amount of degree programs.
Okay, I have been to a few Community Colleges and a few Universities. St. Pete hit it’s ptime, in my humble opinion in the 1970’s. Yes they have added many classes, degrees & amenities. What I feel they lack in is really good professional classes & professors.
Yes, I am returning to take some specialty courses. If I wanted another degree, I would go to a University, not here.
I find the class rooster boring, classes imputent & lectures lacking. I truly feel I could do better on the Internet.
I am doing what I need to do, to get where I want to go, but would never return here by choice. It is convenient & cheap.
What’s a girl to do? Do whatever it takes to get ahead in life.

I started going to HCC over a year ago. I have attended other university and community college in other states. I believe that HCC has an excellent human services program. Beside, the small class room enable the student to interact more with the teacher.

I have to agree with the last review. The staff there are bureaucratic and not the least compassionate especially to students who’s native tongue is not English. I listened to my wife’s interview via her Bluetooth headset and wish that I had recorded what I heard.
But I find through the years that there is less caring and compassion as time progresses. HCC is certainly advancing with the times in this respect. A big part of their vocabulary is «Next~!»

I went to this venue for The Taste of Westshore and was so impressed with the campus! It actually doesn’t look like much from the parking lot, but the courtyard with the sail shades is beautiful. Also, when we headed inside the cafeteria area to find some A/​C, I was very impressed. Beautiful fountains, vaulted ceilings and cool seating areas. Great place for this event!

I am a graduate of HCC and I have to say there was nothing pleasurable about attending this school… Thinking I would save some money taking my «pre-req’s» here rather then USF or UT… I have to say it wasn’t worth it. Let’s start from the beginning and let me explain to you the process of just getting «enrolled».
The staff here are some of the most uneducated people I have ever met. If you’ve ever been somewhere where thinking just isn’t an option, you would understand my frustrations regarding these Non-​Critical Thinkers… If you have a question that can’t be answered on the web site, forget about asking any of these quacks. They will simply send you to the back of the line with another list of «requirements» you must bring in!
Stand in line and wait for 4 hours (they now provide beepers so that you can actually walk around campus) for Financial aid… If you’re lucky enough to have one that works (mine disabled after 2 hours of waiting) Once you get in you sit in a sticky, hot room with a bunch of teenage mother’s with screaming kids and young drug dealers on the phone explaining to their next client how they are at HCC getting some FREE government MONEY!!! F***Ing pathetic… No wonder their is such a low graduation rate… These kids aren’t here for an education, they are here to try and bamboozle the government to get all the grants and loans they can. Really sucks for us kids that are truly concerned with our futures and careers!!!
After about 5 – 6 trips to HCC (1) Enrollment (2) Financial Aid (3) Enrollment again… (4) Financial Aid again… (5) Advising (6) and once again Financial aid… You might be lucky enough to get done in time to actually choose classes that you need towards your major.
The school actually decided to place «Student Housing» at the main campus a few years back to kids attending HCC, and sure enough, it looks just like the ghetto you see driving straight through Ybor City on a Friday night… Bums, broken down cars, people with no regard for this property etc… You name it, they’ve destroyed it!
The education level is sub-​prime and standard. Don’t expect to to graduate from this school and be excepted in Yale or Harvard… It isn’t even that difficult to get into Honors… I was able to obtain the «exquisite» designation by just showing up & turning all my work in on time. All in all, I couldn’t wait to leave this Hell Hole and I would definitely recommend you attend another community college, if a community college at ALL!