Shoreline Community College

Took three courses at Shoreline CC, two previously from the Biotechnology Program. Great staff and services on campus.
Major score also that SCC Theater is also a Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) venue with free parking! Greatly appreciate that as a northender! (5÷28÷16) Need more sustainable art, music, literary, café culture in Shoreline.

Shoreline is a friendly environment but the Financial Aid staff aren’t really that helpful. They need to be more helpful… they just act like they don’t care.

I’m a big fan of the dental clinic. They were helpful, professional and thorough. The appointments are long, yes, but it’s a screaming deal and you get two opinions since a dentist comes back through to check everyone’s work. I definitely won’t be going back to a regular dentist for cleanings anytime soon

If you like school libraries go to Shoreline, they have a quiet area but everyone always talks (form of protest I guess). The upstairs is for people with cell phones and other devices and extra studying room. There have even been rehearsals in the building. Even though there’s all that activity going on students are still able to study and get their work done. The place is full of life and packed with students.
Shoreline is an ok school and the advisors and registration are super helpful but I am confused about something that happened in math class:
During my last quarter for our final project I brought in a list containing female mathematicians and mathematicians from other countries and cultures. A group member picked a mathematician and I sent a message to our professor because he wanted to make sure groups didn’t repeat mathematicians (still happened the day of the presentation) and we were ready to go.
The day of the presentation we were worried that the group members that were presenting wouldn’t show (they were rarely in class) they were late but began practicing what they would say using our typed essay. When the presenters went up the class acted like Osama Bin Laden had risen from the grave because our presentation was on Jamshid al-​Kashi, here is a Britannica article on the mathematician
Even the group member that chose the mathematician turned and asked if that’s who we picked and I looked right at her and said yes.
I thought that maybe because I didn’t write a script for the presenters that was the problem, that struggling through the presentation was the problem, but no it’s not.
The problem might have been that a few weeks before ISIS was causing destruction and hurt and it might be insensitive to feature a mathematician from Persia, but I don’t understand what a 15^th century mathematician has to do with modern conflicts.
Did he do something terrible and horrific I’m not aware of?
And
One time the Muslim Culture Club posters that were in the library were vandalized with hurtful comments.
And
The LGBT Film Festival posters were vandalized too.
So if doing a group activity (and there will be a lot of those, don’t remember doing so many school group activities a few years ago) make sure the historical figures are American or European.
By the student’s mentality German and Russian mathematicians should be unacceptable but they’re not, they are totally acceptable (I believe they are totally acceptable mathematicians I’m simply trying to make a point about the students).
I am still so confused.
Instead of the mandatory communication class Shoreline has mandatory multicultural classes with descriptions in the course catalog like «learn how to communicate with people from other cultures,» I come from a multicultural family and find that wording offensive. I understand that there are some hand symbols and phrasing that might be misinterpreted but if college students have to be taught how to behave and interact in the outside world then this school has a lot more problems than it originally thought.
Speaking of learning to interact in the outside world, one time I was in class and got crap smell all over my arms from the desk! I rushed out of the classroom to try to clean it off and spent the night and the morning cleaning, I even missed the midterm! I think a student in the previous art history class might be responsible but that class seemed pretty advanced, they were doing three page art reviews. Learning how to wipe and clean properly is one of the skills human beings should know by the time they reach college.
There was another issue with a group activity in another class where a group member did something that furthered my distrust of human beings to the point that when I go back to school I will have to inform all my professors that I cannot work in groups, and yes the teacher asked me to come to his office and that went nowhere.
I don’t know if my experience with Washington schools is personal (I have reviews for other schools on Unilocal) but I would tell future college students to stay away from Washington. I feel like the only stable person. I don’t even go out much anymore because who knows what Alice in Wonderland craziness I’ll run into.

This is a review for their financial aid office. I haven’t actually gotten the apparent privilege of attending their school due to how astoundingly unhelpful they’ve been.
It’s been my dream to go to college, but I never thought I would be able to afford it without accruing debt. I decided to start off in CC so I could pay my tuition in full with financial aid, and have more time to finance my years at university. I have not been in school for more than 4 years, and was very eager to go back. I submitted all required forms for financial aid in May. I kept checking back with the financial aid office every month, but by August I still had not received my award letter and was still «pending». This was very stressful for me, yet every interaction I had with the staff was one of indifference. They just kept telling me that it only takes a few weeks to process, and it should be done any day now. For months, without ever realizing how little this meant or empathizing with my situation.
I finally received a follow-​up email two weeks before the beginning of the quarter I was registered for — TWO WEEKS — informing me that my file was now considered incomplete, and I would need my parents to sign (both of whom I haven’t seen or spoken to in over 3 years and have no way of contacting, because you know, I’ve been financially independent for those 3 years). I was also curtly informed that my classes would not be held. So basically, you don’t get to start school on time — too bad, not our problem, we don’t care! I emailed back explaining my situation, and still haven’t received a response as of today, more than a week later.
For one thing, it is literally impossible to get a human being on the phone here. It’s not even an option afforded to you. You have the option to leave a message which may or may not be returned, or go down to the financial aid office in person. If you do the latter, don’t be surprised if you’re told the only person who can help you isn’t in (during regular business hours) and the only way to contact them is via email. They will take their sweet time responding to your email, at least a week — that is, if they respond at all. It has been over a week since I returned the last email, and I still haven’t gotten a response. At this point, it’s so clear to me that the staff here doesn’t care about me or my situation that I’m not sure I’ll even get a reply.
I’m so beyond frustrated. Not only has the experience I’ve been given been unprofessional and callous, it’s frankly lacked any empathy or compassion — which should be inherent in all human interactions. I was so excited to begin school this fall, and now not only will I not be able to, but I don’t feel like Shoreline even wants me as a student, after such a cold welcome. It’s a terrible feeling to have, and reminiscent of the experiences that caused me to leave school in the first place.
I will add that all my interactions with actual instructors has been a positive one. They return emails by the next business day (even when school is not in session), and have generally been helpful and supportive. But I won’t get to have any of them as teachers or advisors, because I don’t get to go to school now, and the financial aid office seems entirely uninterested in helping.
So if you depend on financial aid to attend classes, I don’t recommend this school. They don’t care about you and they will make that clear.

Back to school and this is what I think about SCC… It’s a wonderful school. I say this because anyone is welcome to take their General Eds (pre-​reqs. what have you) here as oppose to paying top $ for universities like UW. The classes are way smaller AND anyone has a better chance to get help from their instructors– true story.
For a junior college, it’s an excellent school especially if anyone’s planning to get into the medical field. I have spent some two years plus at this school and have finished an Associate here as well.
They offer wide range of courses for specific majors and other courses to complete to be able to transfer credits to major Universities of your choice.
Excellent advisers but of course, by appointments only.
The key is to make appointments in person for advisers so you can get all your answers to anything pertinent to your goals for a career choice.
Have a list of things to do, make specific notes for your plan before coming here and it’ll save you plenty of time.
Parking can be challenging here but be very mindful where you park or you will get a citation.
SCC might as well be a true college. It’s a tough school and by that, their classes are not easy to pass. They will challenge you and your patience. For those of you who’d been a student here, you know what I’m talking about.
Make your $ and time count. Just sayin…
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I’m an international student majoring in business, and I like it here! Here is SCC to me in a (lengthy) nutshell, which I wish I had known before so I wasn’t so clueless on my first day…
First off, the buildings are cool. They’re brick cottage-​looking buildings arranged like a resort, with well-​kept trees and such. If you’ve ever been to other community colleges nearby, you’ll appreciate this surrounding on a rough school day. Areas surrounding the school are generally safe, even at night.
Bookstore sells chips more than books, and you’re probably better off buying books on Amazon for the price. The bookstore also has surprisingly random stuffs that might help you on random situations — I have bought an eye drop, stamps, and bobby pins there. Clean restrooms everywhere, cozy library, moderate gym, cool laboratories, and a place called PUB where students eat, hang out and have club meetings. Cafeteria has ok food, but if you’re ever bored of it, take the school’s shuttle (free) that goes back and forth to Central Market down the street and eat there. Parking can be awful in peak hours but there’s always the bus option… There are buses from school that goes straight to Downtown Seattle, Chinatown, Northgate Transit Centre, Aurora Transit Centre (to go north).
Classes are pretty standard and bearable. Professors are mostly nice if you are, and since there are many intl students, they’re also quite understanding of people whose first languages are not english. There are active clubs on campus that are worth joining. And if you have problems with your class, go to the tutoring office and have a tutor for free. Sidenote: heard UW prefers Shoreline CC transfers over other seattle cc because of our slightly more rigorous classes, whoohoo! (Correct me if I’m wrong though)
Speaking of my own people… :) Intl students are a small percentage of people who are enrolled in the college. They’re one of the most hardworking group of students I’ve seen, which might explain why there seem to be so many of them around in school. I hope you guys will be more understanding too of why intl students speak in their own language most of the time. Put it this way; if you’re an english-​speaking American living in China with a fellow english-​speaking friend, I highly doubt you and your friend will speak to each other in Chinese. And most of intl students are still adjusting to the language and customs in America. Nicely remind us if we do anything wrong!
Lastly, if any of you must know, Shoreline has an excellent International Education office. The IE people are the academic advisors, peer mentors, and staffs who are there to help you with education plans and many school-​related things. They are the BEST, which makes Shoreline a great place to study for fresh-​off-​boat intl students. Intl students, do NOT underestimate this quality as you’ll see how useful a superb IE is going to be when you enroll.
All in all, this is a mash-​up of the things I found out about Shoreline CC that might be useful for prospective students. Remember, if you’re ever lost on where/​who to go to, ask a staff and they’ll be willing to help you! Hope you have a great time in Shoreline!

This is my review for the beginning of my first fall quarter here at Shoreline and things are going good so far. Classes have instructors that are really involved with the education of the students and the classes are interesting enough to keep everyone doing and participating in the work. I am currently in a Communications class MSC 105 with Ms. Sanchez and she is really nice and accommodating to the schedules of students. I am also in Life Planing with Mrs. Pearson and. That is also a very enjoyable class because she is laid back and gives homework that is doable realistically. Then finally the final class that I have is Printmaking 205 with Mrs. Niblack and that too is a good class. The classrooms are of small size about 30 people in a given class. There are water fountains all over the building. The enrollment and student services are very helpful when it comes to answering your questions on classes to take and paying for them and stuff like that. The campus is nice and located in a good area. Parking can be a problem and the parking in the Greenwood parking lot is especially bad because it is just gravel mostly and there are tons of pot holes and it is bad if your car is low. The building themselves are older but thy have remodeled a majority of them. Also the automotive program at Shoreline is the best in the state with the Toyota Program and other manufactures receiving millions of dollars in grants from the big companies. The campus has a lot of trees and natural plantation, walkways are easy to navigate. Overall a good school or affordable education for the masses and there are degrees there that are four year degrees so you don’t have to transfer. I will update the review accordingly for the duration of my stay at shoreline and will add to it on a later date.

It’s a good school. From what I hear from my classmates it is a lot better than a lot of other community colleges around here.

Shoreline’s campus is great and has a great nursing reputation. Many resources are available for you to succeed. Visit
and take their advice seriously when considering to take certain teachers. Avoid teachers with common themes of bad reviews, take it another quarter if you can. Wish I would have. One of my classes was a serious waste of time and money.
If you are going to take math, take Mark Wyzgowski. Best math teacher I’ve ever had. Explains concepts clearly, makes learning so easy, has clear expectations, makes class fun, great use of class time.
For health advising, meet with Joyce Fagel. Indispensable advice, you MUST meet with her to set yourself up for success. She is extremely helpful.
Parking gets crazy after about 9:30am to around 11:30 am, but there’s usually always parking in the lower lots. It takes less than 5 minutes to walk onto campus from there.

I took a couple classes here several years ago for my pre-​reqs.
I didn’t want to spend private school tuition for my electives so I took a couple summer courses here and banged them out for a fraction of the cost.
I think this was a good decision. I don’t know about the competency of the admissions office or what the facilities are like too much because all I did was park in the guest lot, go to class, and leave. I did use the library to study occasionally but never went into the cafeteria or other buildings.
I took a film class here and a 1000 level econ class. Both teachers were very good. There were a few screw offs in the film class but hey– I was at a community college in the summer, what can you expect?
Based on my brief experience I thought the quality of the teachers was excellent and the course work was interesting and challenging. Honestly I think I got just as much out of the classes as I would have if I spent 5x that amount on tuition at my regular university.
The buildings were very dated but I don’t think that reflects what kind of education you could get from attending the college.

I guess I’ll give this place 4 stars considering I’ve been going here since I graduated in 2008, (mostly due to circumstances), but overall I have really enjoyed my experience here at Shoreline and I am continuing to do so. The PUB is a great place to go and study, very useful. I wouldn’t suggest eating here unless its RedBull and fruit parfaits unless you want to dish your cash out on not-​so-​great meals.
The classes are good, professors are great as well, but lets get to the issue… parking. Finding parking here is like trying to find the fountain of youth. You can sit there for 30 mins + trying to find a spot and STILL not find one. It’s horrible especially if you may think getting there an hour early is a smart choice, wrong-​o. You have to park your car in the middle of a lane and claim your spot by sitting there, waiting and waiting… HOPING someone will leave eventually…
Merp.

Beware of attending classes here. They will charge you more for tuition once classes start claiming their budget was lowered. They will charge more for the class after payment was made and classes had already started. They stick you with a balance and «claim» to mail you a bill and once you never get such statement in the mail, they will send you to collections and never notify you. Even if they have your phone number and email address. Beware school is a scam.

I LOVE SCC!!! Went here back in 2009 during my senior year of high school (did running start). And This fall will be my 3^rd year. I’ve been back and forth with a degree, from nursing, to business, to music, until I figured out that I want to go into Media and Communications! :D
But I haven’t had to much trouble signing up for classes, My fin aid goes through very easily, the teachers are great! The only thing is that the campus isn’t to diverse. Most of the people there are Asian, either born her or exchange students (which I think is great) It’s just after taking a class about cross difference and doing a project about the diversity on campus, Our class found out, there isn’t much. But other then that, the school is great! Teachers are very nice, and helpful. I’ve had a great time here, and plan to graduate this spring! :D

Once upon a time, I had a stick up my butt and scoffed at the idea of attending a community college. This *may* be attributed to the fact that I came from a priviledged, mostly white Catholic high school and anything but a university was out of the question. So for my freshman year I attended Central Washington University (CWU).
Under unforseen circumstances, I ended up at Shoreline CC and had a great and reasonably priced experience. During my time at Shoreline, I obtained an Associate’s in Art and took many of my science pre-​requisites. And boy do I have to say, some of those chemistry and biology classes are rough… but I feel very prepared to finish my Bachelor’s in Biology. The labs here are pretty legit and was able to dissect various types of animal specimens (for animal bio & human anatomy), as well as perform some cool chemistry labs.
Since I can only really vouch for the science program– the teachers were mostly dedicated, engaging, and helpful. The chemistry here was definitely more intensive than what I experienced at CWU (okay, don’t make fun. I know CWU may seem not exactly intellectual, but there were some great teachers!), which is to be expected since it’s prepping for students to transfer to UW.
Some general highlights:
— The people at the counseling office rock! Free academic and personal counseling for students, booyah. I highly recommend Matt :)
— If you used to play sports in high school, consider joining one of the sports teams. It can be intimidating, but I’ve seen a 40 year old woman on the North Seattle’s women’s basketball team. And I know for a fact that they’re always looking for new tennis players (hopefully it’s not cut soon!).
— If that doesn’t sound appealing, then they have intramurals and free exercise classes.
— PUB (Pagoda Union Building) aka the main cafeteria/​bookstore is pretty nice and spacious. Be sure to make friends with the cafeteria guys — P. S. They make legit $ 3 breakfast burritos that fill you up for hours. Easily the best food deal there.
Oh Shoreline, I miss you already!
Just FYI– Shoreline has the #1 Washington CC science program. (Suck it, Bellevue!)
Goooo Dolphins!

This school just gets worse and worse.
They never accepted my financial aid because I «hadn’t passed enough of my classes» because I had dropped a few over the ’10-’11 year but they didn’t take into consideration that I had re-​taken most of the classes I had dropped and passed them. They also didn’t take into consideration that I had valid medical issues that forced me to drop the classes, and I had documentation to prove it.
Oh, and get this — Stafford Loans aren’t accepted at Shoreline. How backwards is that? I checked into getting a loan since they denied my financial aid and North Seattle was listed on the federal loan website (Ginnie Mae) but Shoreline wasn’t!
I won’t be returning here!

After receiving my bachelor’s degree 8 years ago, I decided in my late 20s to go back to school to become a nurse practitioner. It was much cheaper, easier, and convenient since I work full-​time to do my pre-​reqs at Shoreline, so I gave it a shot. I was skeptical of the quality of education delivered from a community college. The teachers I have had are all great and not in any way inferior to university instructors. In fact, some were even better!

I attended shoreline for about a year. I like the very widespread layout, ample parking, and oldskool charm of the buildings.
And I loved one professor in particular. I would love to continue my education here, but ive decided to go culinary arts, which they dont offer at shoreline. Poo.

You know you are out of shape (and lazy) when you find yourself whining about how spread out this campus is.
Sometimes this place reminds me of a Zen Garden. A place where not one path is straight, where you can walk over a bridge in the middle of the campus for no reason, where the buildings look like those flat Japanese temples you see in the travel magazines.
The school itself is ok.
I am not a fan of the seats/​table that they have. (you know. those thingymabobber where the table and chair are stuck together) It’s not that comfortable and it makes you feel like a hog when you require two table/​chair thingymobbers for all your stuff.
Also I am not a fan of the fee they charge for parking but i guess this discourage some students from driving.
By the way. my Chinese teacher is pretty awesome!

I have been going to Shoreline for more than 2 years and I love it there. Even though the college is undergoing financial woes and they are building a student center (will be completed next month) it is hella worth it. Every class that i’ve had has been challenging and thought-​provoking.
Unlike some drones that attend schools like UW and WWU in their first 2 years of college, Shoreline makes it imperative that you take an active role in learning. I originally went there because the financial aid is good and the advisers actually know what they are doing (unlike Seattle Central), but now I can’t imagine going anywhere else for my associate’s degree.
Just some advice: If you take any math class try to take it with Sarah Leyden. She is the best professor I’ve ever had. Most instructors here are top-​notch; some have law degrees, some have doctorates, and some have many years of industry experience. They are at Shoreline because they WANT to teach, not to do research or to be on some kind of academic pedestal.