Rebecca Hughes I have attended SCF Venice campus for several years. I completed my associate degree in early childhood education there. About a year after that, I was awarded an academic scholarship for the early childhood education bachelor program.
PROS:Beautiful campus.
CONS:When working towards my Associates degree, they some how kept coming up with more and more classes that I “needed to take” in order to earn my diploma. Every time that I asked why I was not told about the added classes prior, I would just get an apology.
The staff is never the same. Every time
I would go to the campus for help, I was always placed with a different advisor who always had something totally different to say from the last so nothing ever made sense. When I would email the person I was told to email questions to, they would always forward my email to someone different saying they didn’t handle that question. So it really seems as if no one knows what anyone else does there.
A professor accused me of cheating and gave me 0 on an assignment without any explanation. After weeks of begging her to look over my assignment again, she finally emailed back with a short apology, saying some other students in the class had cheated so she just assumed I had also so she automatically had given me 0 but after looking at my work again, she realized I had not cheated. As we all know, cheating is a huge deal, especially in college, and she could have easily ruined my college career with her careless assumption.
When I received my scholarship, a woman came to the preschool I work at to give it to me. So she knew where I worked. I completed all of my classes and one of the 3 internship classes. I was then told I would not be allowed to complete the internship because the preschool I work at is not on their “approved internship list”. This makes NO sense to me as I was able to complete my internship for my associates degree at this same preschool. Also, I am confused as to why someone from the college would drive to my preschool to give me the scholarship if they knew my preschool was not approved in the first place. So I basically wasted years working for a degree they knew I would not be able to attain. Not only am I upset that they wasted my time, but also heart broken that I worked so hard for this just to be turned away 9 weeks prior to graduating.
I would never recommend this college to anyone.
1 /5
Kat Poythress The staff are so nice and helpful. You can tell they actually like their jobs and helping students. I was there for about 30 minutes today and in that time I spoke to people in both financial aid and cashiering so not a long wait at all. Aside from that taking classes has been a good experience too. I am a busy stay at home parent and sometimes lag behind in classes and most of the instructors have been reasonably understanding and work with me.
5 /5
Trinity Davis Local community college with a really pretty campus. The lake is really the crowning achievement of the campus and theres a trail you can walk around the lake with. The professors are great and the school offers a lot of programs with the goal to help you succeed. The school is probably most well known for its nursing program. Only negative thing is that since it is a satellite campus you need to be prepared to either take online classes or drive up to Bradenton for a semester or two to take prerequisites you need that arent offered at the Venice campus.
5 /5