Glendale Community College

Be careful, every department here will do nothing just so you attend this school longer. Get multiple*** opinions from various counsellors and set a precise educational plan (planning when to take each class per semester). You will arrive here and get sucked into the black hole of you trust any department of this institution.

Although the college itself is pretty clean and has an established history the armos (sorry for many good armos) are just pathetic. They don’t change, don’t assimilate, and bring their habits with them. A la Italian mafia, with Pakistani charm… C’mmon guys — this is a freaking college, not a night out in Cicily.

I started college over 2 years ago and GCC is the usual college students out of Glendale & Burbank high schools go to. I’ve heard negative stories about GCC and the professors, education, counselors, etc.
My opinion of the school is that it’s pretty decent. You can always search about the professors you’ve chosen or the professor you’re about to choose. Also, if you’re willing to learn, a professor won’t be the clash to your academics. College isn’t easy, a lot of time and money goes into it, but you also get a lot out of it.
The environment of the school isn’t too bad. It’s a clean school, very nice and neat. The students just usually worry about whatever they’re doing, it’s nothing like high school and the petty actions that came along with high school. Overall, I definitely believe that GCC and the education that the college provides can take any individual far with their academics and future.

My review is not geared at the campus or curriculum offered, but the staff. I should not have to call ten times to ask ONE question that would have only taken 30 seconds, if anyone knew what was going on.
Take a ride on the crazy train with me for a second. This is how it went down:
I needed to know if my class also required a lab.
I called the operator (at 9am on Monday) to ask if she could transfer me to counseling department.
The operator didn’t speak english. I asked 5 times very slowly, «Counseling, please»
I was transferred to financial aid, which isn’t even open.
Called back and used the automated system to go straight to counseling. It rang and nobody picked up.
I called admissions and records and asked if counseling was open, the woman says, «yes, here’s the extension so you don’t call us back»
DO YOU REALIZE YOU WORK AT A SCHOOL? You’re not here to get an education, I am. You’re paid to be of support to the students here.
Finally get through to counseling.
Nobody spoke english. I was spoken down to, she didn’t know how to answer my question, even though I provided the class code, the class name, the days and time of the class, and ASKED MY QUESTION!
She finally figured it out and says, «No honey, it doesn’t need a lab. Is that all?» I said no, thank you, and she slams the phone down.
Every single department that I encountered today had a chip on their shoulder, did not help out AT ALL, and was just plain rude. I think there should be certain requirements as far as who is employed here and just overall employee conduct. GCC has taken a turn for the absolute worst.

I’m attending this college! I like there! Now the reason why I do not rate 5 stars.
1) The parking never getting better! Always hard to find!
2) in the college, mostly of ESL teacher are not good!

I’m currently attending classes here and can say that I’m a fan. For being a community college, it’s rather nice for what it is. Classes aren’t that difficult to get into and the staff are very helpful. My only complaint is the parking situation. It takes about 10 – 15 minutes to get to/​from your class/​car. I usually just count it as my daily exercise.

September 28 around 4pm
I went here to pick up my girlfriend who just finished class. I pulled up to the side of the parking structure, and in less than 5 mins, three professors ganged up on me. One professor banged my windows and basically theathened me from the start. She saud I should gtfo of her parking structure or she’ll give me a citation, even though she wasn’t a cop. She then left and proceeded to take pictures of me and my car. It was really silly. Come on lady, don’t act like you’re some kind of vigilante and please don’t use the cops’ name for your sick power trip.
After 5 seconds of her leaving, another professor came and was raging came at me and said I was blocking her driveway. Which was pretty silly because the driveway was big enough for two cars and I pulled over to the side. She kept raging on and on about her problems with me pulling over to the side and finally my girlfriend came and I drove out normally. All of these happened within 5 mins of me getting there.
That was one of the weirdest/​silliest thigs that happened in my life. I wasn’t even a student at GCC so I wonder what kind of sh*t these students take from these kinds professors. They didn’t even talked to me nicely, they just threathened, harassed, and shouted at me even though I was talking to them calmly the whole time and I never said a mean word.
I think it’s because I was on my gym clothes and I look really young for my age so they figured I was a student, but I’m not. If I was in my regular work suit I bet they would’ve treated me much differently. It was very unprofessional conduct for these so-​called professors. I really feel bad for their students.

$ 46 a unit now??? Not to mention the cost of the books? No wonder school starts today and all the classes aren’t full. What young person has $ 400 for one class at a substandard community college? Very disappointed.

So far the college has been decent.
I’ve taken about a year and a half worth of classes, and so far only a handful of my teachers have really gone on my nerves.
Anyways, aside from speaking about my teachers… I have had no trouble getting any of the classes I need, usually the first few days of class have been hectic due to a large amount of students being present. After the first week everyone drops the class, and the student per classroom ratio is good.
The College itself is pretty clean, and has a good amount of staff that covers each section of the school.
If you need counseling, then you can either going by appointment or walk-​in. Both are pretty good and you really get a good amount of attention.
One thing I’m not a big fan of with this college is the fact that their services, such as: the bookstore, the library, coffee shops, sometimes do close early, or don’t open at all. When that isn’t the problem, the fact that they close so early also doesn’t help some people who only have time after 5 or so to go study, or buy material, or books.
But again, the staff is wonderful, I just wish they would extend their hours.
Lastly, the only thing I would complain about is having some of the professors more monitored to see the subject they choose to use for all their assignments. By that I mean that if an English professor is very liberal and does not like a specific congressman, the professor should not be able to base their teaching and/​or assignments on that hate towards that specific subject/​person. The professor should not be able to tell the students to write so many essays based on «why we think (I.e) that certain congressman is a douchebag or is doing a horrible job,» because in the end some of our views might not match to what that certain professor believes in, and as students we shouldn’t have to «fit the teachers mold» just to receive a good grade.

I went to this fine instatution of higher learning came highly recomendes buy friends…, after 3 years of attending High School in the LAUSD Education system ., 1^st i Attending L.A.V.CoL…, in 1979 80, The Valley was to Hot for Me, i attended G.c.c. 1 Semester, to many little hills & parking was impossible plus numerious parking & moving violations, & pixiz delightful little pixies ., Cerritos College theres a class act yeah Good old Cerritos CoL. ., The Womens T&F teamWon 1St place State Ch & Mens missed 1^st buy 1 point, really 1 pt… to MtSAC…, Whow…

Lots of classes are offered which is great. Classes for bio major are impacted though, but make sure you look at ratemyprofessors because there’s only a few good profs, mostly bad and hars to understand ones

You people would not let me attend your school because I was (at the time) not a U.S. Citizen and now you are spamming me to try to get me to play golf?
Go jump in a napalm lake.

Parking is so stupid. How is it there is 6 levels of parking, a main level with hundreds of spaces but there is 3 parking meters to buy daily permits. Glendale charges more than any other CC. Why can’t they put meters on every level. It makes no sense to have 3

I’ve been meeting in the room above the library on Saturdays fairly often for a business class my company teaches. The room is really long, not deep, so if you’re on the end it sucks. That said, summer or winter it’s always a great temp. It does feel like the place has been under construction for years, though. If you’re looking for a meeting room, it’s cheap and easy, but the energy and setup is terrible if you’ve got a big group.

This school is a great school but hard to get classes teachers are easy and even based on reviews on rate my professor they said alot of the teachers are bad but the ones I’m taking had bad reviews are easy i guess does student just wanted to complain about something they had conflict with the teacher but parking is hard to find anytime after 7am-​12pm n 4pm-​6pm financial advising is horrible so make sure to know they might tell you complete one thing and then when u come you have another it’s good to just bring all ur stuff and do it at once

I have now taken classes for a couple semesters at Glendale Community College. As far as teachers go, I’ve had a few great ones and a few really bad ones. As I think some others have stated, GCC has an absolutely awful website. Finding pertinent information is often difficult or even impossible, including when they are open. Many of the departments don’t have answering machines, so you have to keep calling until someone is around.
«MyGCC» (the student portal where you enroll in classes) is terrible. It is likely you will have to ask some administrative staff for help and they may not be able to help you, because their access to information is limited and they have to use the same terrible website you do! There is often a discrepancy between the information you see and what they can see. I called a counselor well in advance to ask when I would be able to enroll for winter classes. When I went to enroll on that date, MyGCC gave me a message that wouldn’t mean anything to most people — like i didn’t have an «appointment schedule» or something. It showed a symbol that I was on a waitlist, but then I found out 2 weeks later (from a counselor) that I was not actually on a waitlist and that MyGCC was just lying to me.
p. s. For those of you know the show «Community», the incompetent «Greendale Community College» was supposedly inspired by Glendale Community College! That show makes me laugh even more now that I have experience with the real GCC.

I love Glendale Community college! Choosing to attend this college right after high school was one of the best choices I’ve ever made! I’m not involved at all on campus but the professors are awesome, the view from the campus and the view of the campus is worth mentioning, and the food!
The cafeteria and convenience store is worth paying a visit per week if you’re there about 20 hours per week like me. I also love café bean, the café in front of San Rafael building. The owner is super nice and everything is WAAAAY cheaper than other starbucks or coffee bean locations. The service might be slow, but I don’t mind as long as I get my good coffee. Get the chicken bake and the spinach feta croissant!
I think a lot of people leaving reviews about this school on Unilocal are just bitter about the inaccessibility of some of the things. Yeah parking seriously sucks, which is the main reason i docked off one star, but the administrations and the counselors are knowledgeable and PEOPLE, EVERYTHING IS ON THEIR WEBSITE. I have had many many many moments where I overheard someone else talking to a counselor or the administration about something they clearly mention on their website and I just… I just… gaaah. Please just take your precious 5 minutes to look on their site index because their website seriously has everything.
Overall, I’m loving my experience here at GCC. People, visit the cafeteria!

Parking passes cost 85bucks. In comparison lavc sells theirs for 20. Cant find classes and prof. Think their hot shit teaching at this college just because of the layout of the campus. Its bad to begin with everything is just fairly close to each other. The coffee bean on the campus is nasty and they make you feel bad for not buyimg their stuff during lunch…
Monopolized the books with expensive prices and no options for any alternatives.
Mobility for the handicapped is difficult since the entire campus sits on a up hill.
Go there and you will regret it.
To finalize, no parking at anytime of the day for a 90 dollar pass in which you have to park at the churches lot 2blocks down away so the walk up will kill you slowly and no space for you to add anyclasses anyhow so whats the point

This place is unbelievable. Everyone working in admissions is clueless. 50% of questions you’ll ask them require them to ask someone else higher up. Why are you even there then?
I’m a recent grad of SDSU and attended PCC for 2 years prior. Recently, I convinced my girlfriend to attend PCC after 3 years at Glendale. Of course, she’s ready to transfer with the support and knowledge of those at Pasadena, but that requires visiting the admission office for transcripts because their website is so terrible and you can’t get anything done online. After countless hours and visits to make sure things are actually correct on what they have the nerve of calling an official transcript, the office sent these extremely important documents to the home address and not to the University address listed. So, even when you leave Glendale and finally are able to move on to a 4 year institution, GCC will make sure they screw that up for you too.
In my honest opinion, go to Pasadena and wait to see a counselor. There are so many people on campus, but wait and it will be worth it. Your first semester you may get only a few classes you that you hardly want, but you’ll build priority and be surrounded by people who want to impact you and motivate you to get to that next level. If you’re still planning on going to GCC, print out an IGETC and CSU Transfer requirement form and do everything on your own. Use
to figure out your prerequisites for your major. Don’t let the people at this school slow you down!

I’d like to mention a few things:
–smoking is completely banned on campus: including vapes. If you smoke, you will get a ticket. Don’t complain.
–it’s a community college: Parking is going to be a problem. GCC has 5 different parking spots rather than the building in the back of the school. It’s not anyone’s fault you don’t find parking because you don’t feel like walking a distance, and camp for spots at the structure.
–if you got an ‘F’ in a class, then you didn’t study, cheated, or just have bad luck. Most of the time, you’re at fault.
Check out the cafeteria during the mornings. They have a mean breakfast burrito!
Enroll in a PE class and make use of the gym! It has an electronic rock climbing wall.
Join a club, and be active! You can get scholarships every semester and year. Last semester, I had enough scholarships that let me get almost 4 figures of cash.
Join ASGCC. They hold petitions and campaigning at the end of every semester. If you become elected, you will make lifelong friends, connections, and memories!
Buy your parking passes online now!
You will regret not coming to GCC! I know my friends did!