Mt Sierra College

Im a graduate 2007, It took me longer then scheduled due to medical issues, but I do want to say is this is one school with amazing Professors and educators who teach you what you needed to learn and understand. They are understanding and are willing to stay late to help you if you asked. I would never thought I would be where I am at now. As a former student there, I had to really focus and out all my studies and time there. But in the long run It paid off. I am now working at a place where I can use my studies.
Thank you Mt. Sierra College

The college and their staff is very unorganized. My husband was going to enter Mt Sierra, he took his exams, after he changed his mind to go there as we found out that it is quite a low class college for the field. After some time, the college staff lost my husband’s original documents, including his school and university diplomas. Now he has to spend much money to get his original documents from the country where he graduated.
I don’t advise anyone to go there. You should much better go, say, to Pasadena Art Institute.

I am not a man of many words. I do not Unilocal,and the only reason I am creating this review to give you all a perspective from a graduate instead of disgruntled students. Mt. Sierra gave me the education I needed to be successful in my career. I am currently a Network and System Admin managing hundreds of users. Many of the skills necessary to be in my position were taught to me by the professors at Mt.Sierra. I see many complaints about Mt. Sierra that are blaming the school for students shortcomings. Mt. Sierra is a perfect place for those who are willing to take the time and put in the work to learn. If you apply yourself Mt. Sierra will give you all the tools necessary to be successful. Mt. Sierra professors are professionals who have years of work experience in their fields. Like the old saying goes «You can lead a horse to water but you can make him drink».
A department I feel definitely deserves recognition is the Career Services Dept. Prior to working in the IT field I have jobs in other fields not related to IT in the slightest bit. Career Services Dept. helped me tailor my resume so it would allow me to make a smooth transition into the IT field. They emailed me almost on a daily basis with career opportunities. They gave me tips on Interview skills, how to make a lasting impression etc. Career services has allowed me to stop having jobs and begin my Career
Community Colleges are attractive due to there inexpensive tuition, there college life but if you are like me, and is more interested in preparing for the workforce I would suggest attending this school. Mt. Sierra college is the path less traveled but that path leads to an abundance of knowledge.

Staff here are friendly and genuinely cares! It’s not too big, but that’s what I like about it. No drama here, just here to get a degree fast so I can start working. I would recommend this place to students that needs that one on one attention and likes hands on learning.

Don’t make the mistake I did. One of the worst schools to attend. All they care is about the money and not the education. They’re constantly changing their staff. I’ve never seen a school so unethical and unprofessional in my life. If you’re looking into attending this school think about it twice before committing. They promise that they will get you jobs, that’s not true. I’m stuck with loans and struggling to find work. Not worth it. You’re better off at a JC.

If you’re looking to get robbed and waste tons of money, then this is the right place for you to it, nothing else. I HATE THIS PLACE!!!

I don’t really Unilocal much but only when I feel they deserve it. I’ve been meaning to write this review sooner, but my busy schedule only permitted me now. I am a recent graduate, class of 2014. I just want to say that going to this school was probably the best decision I have made that literally changed the outlook of my future. Backtrack 4 years ago, I previously attended PCC, American Career College and MSJC another junior college. None was working for me. So I saw the Mt. Sierra College sign off the freeway and decided to inquire what programs they had. I have a big passion for Computers and saw their Bachelors Degree in Information Technology program they had and thought to myself, «Perfect!» From there the rest is history. I’m reading these comments below and thinking to myself, am I the only one who has had a positive experience here? But I learned that it is up to YOU on how you want to apply yourself.
Over the years, I’ve changed my ways of being a «slacker» to put in the work and see where it got me. My academic advisor Elizabeth Chan was always on top of things, making sure that every semester, everything was going well. Keep in mind that when I started here, I’ve had 2 other academic advisors previously and she is by far the best one! The teachers were great and the Dean of the school was very understanding. There was a time when I was dropped from the class three weeks before Finals (2 consecutive absences) due to a death in the family. I had to speak with the Dean and President to be reinstated in the class. After, the meeting I was let back in. Just shows how much they cared about their students.
Another department I would like to mention is the ladies over in the Career Services Department. They will work non stop and email you different links full of job opportunities. I think one time they emailed me 7 or 8 different companies with openings. During the final weeks before graduation, Vanessa helped me land an IT job in a well known studio company in Burbank. I was very fortunate and excited when the opportunity came. I am now currently a Systems Engineer in Production IT for the company making really good money and I couldn’t have done it without my education from this school. I’m reading the other comments below and I just want to say that everyone has different experiences, but it is up to you to put in the work and how you want that outcome to be.

Mt. Sierra is a superb technical school and one of the very first schools anywhere to offer a degree in Information Security, (very progressive) which was my major. I’m shocked (but not totally surprised) by the bitter reviews here because frankly, technology is hard! The investment of personal time and energy that is required to become a competent network engineer, security analyst, or software developer is huge! Note: I’m not familiar with their other majors. These whiny folks need to understand something: the technology industry is a LIFESTYLE requiring a life-​long commitment to learning, not simply a «job». Mt. Sierra has no shortage of successful graduates who understand this. If playing with programming languages and network devices for hours on end *after you’ve completed your assignments* doesn’t appeal to you then this isn’t the place for you, nor is the technology industry right for you.

As a student and faculty assistant, I have learned so much and gained so many connections with this school. I feel so honored and blessed to have a good relationship with all my Professors, Academic Advisers, Financial Aid Advisers, and Career Advisers. The college provides Bachelor’s programs such as: Multimedia Arts and Design, Visual Effects, Graphic Design, Game Arts, Business Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Telecommunication, Information Security, and CIT. Each department always provides their undivided attention to all students.
Admissions Department: Always shows an enthusiastic energy welcoming new coming students or guests in general that want to visit the school. Their tour guides give all their guests an idea of what Mt. Sierra is all about and gives them a clear idea of a Mt. Sierra student’s life in campus.
Financial Aid Department: Demonstrates the outstanding amount of patience and gives students and their parents a clear idea of how the financial aid system works. They also give suggestions of outside scholarships or scholarships that are provided in campus.
Academic Department: Academic advisers always show concern for all their students whether it comes to absence, dropping classes, adding classes, and assist students that have academic problems. They always show and provide positivity within all their students to help them do well in all their classes. The Academic Department also reveals the structured class schedules and estimated graduation years (2 to 3 years) for all programs.
Career Services Department: This department is honestly one of the back bones of Mt. Sierra College. All students have opportunities meeting with their Career Advisers and have assistance with writing a perfect resume or cover letter, seeking out job opportunities and internships, and assembling huge networking events for the students to gain connections with. I would suggest to be really close and have a strong relationship with this department because they will definitely pave the way towards your careers.
Being in Mt. Sierra for 2+ years, I haven’t experienced anything negative with this school. I’m honestly happy and thankful that I went straight to this school instead of being stuck at a JC system. I would recommend Mt. Sierra College to any high school graduate or any college student that wants to transfer.

nice campus, nice location, but this school just cares about your money, not your education. A few teachers in some random classes where pretty good teacher, but overall the front office and admissions is simply money hungry. I rather go to PCC.

I have been at this school since 2009 for the graphic design program and I have to say this has been a disappointment. They have recently kicked me out of the program /​school because I «withdrew» from two classes. Let me state that they enrolled me into my quarter 3 weeks after the quarters start date. I work full time and sent a request to my counselor (who i found out later does not work there anymore) that i cannot finish this quarter due to the late enrollment. They looked right through that and still decided to kick me out with no degree and $ 40k bill from student loans. This was just the cherry on top of my Mt. Sierra College experience. Not to mention that every other week they would clean house and hire a new staff in the financial and academics department. So In 3 years I had about 15 different people on my account. Don’t get me wrong the professors and classes were awesome but everyone else running the show ruined the my whole experience at Sierra. I highly suggest you go somewhere else and by somewhere else I mean a public schooling because it is not worth it. Youtube and Google will be your best friend in this industry. This school will only hound you for money and problems so do yourself a favor and save your time and money and look else where.

Nice. Have Been attending Mt. Sierra College, for about 1 ½ years found out that college is just classes to prepare you for the work force. Why are so many college graduate’s unemployed or working at a minimum wage job? Why are so many students graduating with a B.A. Or A B. S all i got was a bill in the mail that says I owe a lot of money. My girl friend left ½ year before me the school says That will help her, ya right we both attend JR COLLEGE it is a lot cheaper and we only take one class. And we don’t commute to school. I wish the students luck.