Valencia College Top Questions

Before arriving to Valencia I had no clue what to expect from college and what being a college student meant. Now I wish I would have known all the help that is available.

I wish I would have known the campus geologically. I was lost my first day of school, so I would recommend all of you to pay attention during orienatation.

I wish I had known about all the prerequisits you have to take before you can take higher classes. Obtaining an A.A. does take more than two years, but other than that Valencia has been perfect for me.

Before i came to Valencia Community College i wish i would have known the importance of hard work. It is so easy to fail a class, college is nothing like high school was it requires much more work and i wish i had known that. If i could give advice to a prospective student i would tell them that slacking off is something that can not happen and that hard work is the key to being successful in college.

Being my first college experience, I was terrified my first day at Valencia. I wish I had known how helpful the advisors and instructors would be. My instructors have proven to be the greatest resources I have in achieving my goals. With so much information available at my campus it sometimes makes decision making difficult. My academic advisors are always there when I have a question regarding grades, pre-major courses or transfer options. Between both sources, no question goes unanswered.

Some things that should be known, the first week of school come early, or there will be no parking spaces available. After about 3 weeks, people start to withdraw and the parking lot is nearly empty. So if you do not want to be late, come extra early! Also, rent your books from chegg.com or purchase them online, used! Do not buy them at the college bookstore, SO expensive. I also recommend holding off on purchasing your textbooks until you get the syllabus on the first day because, half the people in the class will have a different text.

I would have liked to have been better informed about the administrative process. What need to be completed and how dropping classes affects the student. Things like that, I had to find out on my own. I think they can do a better job of disseminating information. They give you a handbook the size of the yellow pages and you have to figure it out for yourself. They may be meeting their legal obligation but they are certainly not doing any service for their students.

There isn't really anything I wish I had known. I visited the college before making a decision and got a tour of the school and spent a long weekend in the area. Therefore, I knew what I was getting into!

Honestly, I wish that I have known college was going to cost so much. I wish I would have saved up money for my books and classes. I have been taking six classes each semester and have been paying over $2000 a semester. Now most people think that it's not so much, but everyone has a different financial situation. I wish that I would have kept applying for scholarships but after filling quite a few out of them out and not receiving anything back, I had lost hope and never filled them out until today. SoI'm being optimisticthistime.

I wish I knew the long range of classes to choose from so that I would have applied for them much earlier. When I started choosing my classes, I was discouraged to know that many of the classes I was interested in had already been filled up. But I did not give up and kept trying. By the next semester, I had applied for my classes in advance, and was able to choose the ones that I really wanted to be in. Being on top of everything is a must.