Clark College

I was a student at Clark from July 2013 to June 2015. It was okay. Hey it’s only a community college. The professors were hit or miss. On a sunny day, there is nice views and it is close to the Columbia River and Fort Vancouver. So, you can study by the river on a nice day. I know the basketball team is good, because I was on the staff for them. We won the championship during the 2014 – 2015 season. Clark is a good place to get the basic classes out of the way.

UPDATE: I applied for my diploma in August 2015 and was told that it would arrive in the mail roughly Dec. 4^th, 2015. What was already an outlandishly long waiting period is now longer. It is now January 7^th, 2016 and my diploma still has not arrived. I asked around and found out that this is a common occurrence. I left a message with the school (because they didn’t answer the phone again, big surprise) and will also be going in to see the staff in person. If you don’t make noise at this place nothing productive will happen. Remember that.

Clark isn’t perfect, but what college is?
One huge thing I did notice that sets Clark above the rest, is that they really practice diversity.
I think that alone makes it a more easy and peaceful environment for people that are maybe a little socially anxious from past experiences.

Nice place

I was the duke here for awhile! Clark college has provided me with a great learning experience. The teachers are knowledgable and very helpful for the most part. They have great food carts that I eat breakfast lunch and dinner at almost every day. (The Chili Dogs are to die for) another great part about clark is all of the magnificent events they have going on all the time, always a good time. There are some questionable characters every now and then but I never let them ruin my experience at this awesome school!

Week 2 of my first semester here I am pretty pleased so far. The facility is great and the grounds are gorgeous. The professors seem to know what their doing so far. I’m pretty happy.

Well I have not had classes here yet but I have already begun attending student clubs and I’ve completed my paperwork. The process is VERY organized, it was weird for a college to be so organized actually. Each department seems to be very well experienced. I have never left a department where someone did not know the answer to my question in great detail. I moved from Virginia so I thought this would be a nightmare but it was not and was very very organized for the most part.
This school has A LOT of school spirit. My last community college (that you’ll find in my reviews) was basically in a office building. This school has a mascot, sports teams and A LOT of social clubs. Clubs for everything. I enjoy the language/​cultural clubs like Spanish Club, French Club, Japanese Club, Pacific Islander Club, Arabic Club. there are clubs for Engineering, Nursing, Animé, Gaming, Photography, Veterans. just so many to list. There is a department to assist with homework, advising, touring. There are many options for food including food carts and other restaurants in the facility but I’ve never tried them. Many events go on such as Financial Aid nights, entire weeks dedicated to cultural fairs and awareness, many abroad opportunities, many workshops and seminars.
The school has wifi, I haven’t tried that either, a Japanese Garden, great art exhibits, I mean really this is all mind blowing when all I knew before was an office space. I hope my actual education here is just as great as all the other opportunities here are.

Clark is a great place to get a degree path figured out, come back to school, or pick up trade-​specific courses. It’s less expensive than a 4 year school yet offers big-​school expert faculty and dedicated staff with a small school feel.

The Disability Support Office does nothing to help students with disabilities, especially students who are blind/​visually impaired. Parking is a nightmare no matter what time your class is. Would recommend one of the 3 C-​Tran public transit bus routes that provide service to the college. The advising dept. does not answer the phone and if they do answer your email it takes a long time. The p.e. classes are great. Good selection and good teachers. The career center offers a lot of useful workshops and services to students preparing for the job search. Clark does charge a lot of fees for things you have to pay for regardless of if you use them or not.

This place is great! It’s an expansive, green, wide-​open space kind of school. The teachers seem to be attentive and brought in from areas of industry, as opposed to academia. I am going here starting a second degree in Computer Science.
The classes are relatively small — compared to HUGE, impersonal lecture halls that happened at my last college. So far, I really enjoy it.
Tuition is reasonable! I paid a similar price at a California State University.
The only downside is parking, apparently. I arrive early, at 9am, but if you get there at 11am-​1pm, apparently it is really hard to find parking. Also… peoples’ cars supposedly get stolen on a regular basis — so lock your car and don’t leave valuables in plain sight!

I’ve been to 4 colleges, and Clark is the best and worst. I’ve been going there for about 3 years, and have an AAS in Bakery management (read professional baking).
Brief: The education and cost is good. The registration, parking, advising, and pretty much everything else is the worst.
Pros:
Oregon residents get instate tuition if the county you live in borders Washington.
Tuition is cheap, but there’s lot of fees they add on.
The baking program is really good! Total real life experience.
Dance classes with Patty are awesome!
Majority of classes are well worth your time and money… but not what I would consider college level.
The professors are generally pretty good, friendly, and accessible.
Online classes are on Moodle, which is easy to use.
Cons:
The website is impossible to navigate.
Class schedule, web registration, and the online student services suck beyond belief.
Parking is awful, impossible, and your car is bound to come out looking like it was in demolition derby.
Advising is the biggest bitch I’ve ever met. For some god awful reason you can’t make appointments except for like two weeks when no one needs to go. So I’ve had to sit there for 2 plus hours waiting, and waiting. I’ve had to do that so many times, because:
At points during your time there you have to (as in, must, no exceptions) meet with an adviser to have them basically sign a piece of paper saying your on the right track with your classes. (in the final quarter before I got my degree, I found out you can call the advising office and opt to wave having the advising appointment.)
So, it didn’t treat me to bad, and I did get a degree but I deffo felt mass amounts of frustration during my time there.

I have been student here since 2004. I know, LONG time. I started as a part time student with a goal of AA in Business. Then I switched to being a full time student and earned AA in Culinary Arts. Now I am back to part time and about to finish my Business degree.
This school has been wonderful to me and I cannot imagine better community college.
They offer many classes online or in hybrid style (face to face class only few times a week and the rest is done online). Their tutoring is free and well done. Library is large and staff there is very helpful. The cafeteria is great value, offering food made by culinary students. There is also a bakery with fresh items and delicious chocolates all made on premises by students. If you have more time you can visit the restaurant run by culinary management students.
The campus is beautiful and well kept.
Go Penguins!

I have officially been at Clark for 4 years now. I put 90 credits into an AA and then decided to transfer to WSUV for Biology so I had to stay and finish a ton of prep coursework PLUS I have taken two years of German here. Overall, in comparison to other schools that I am quite familiar with (South Seattle, Central Seattle, and Shoreline CC), Clark is the best. Overall the teachers are quite knowledgeable, classrooms are standard. Labs for chem are a bit crowded but still manageable. Classes are really cheap compared to other community colleges in Washington state. There is a huge variety of classes, and a crazy amount of them are online, and some over near Fisher’s Landing and some at WSU.
Now, the usual… advising takes forever if you wait until last minute, but hopefully those going in last minute consider that. Not all advisers are the same, and unfortunately, I have learned the hard way to not let them force me out of the cubicle in a hurry. Make them check and double check their evaluations. This is your life, not theirs.
Financial aid is slow but again, that’s pretty standard. They just switched to student debit cards, too, and apparently this will seriously reduce the number of actual bodies in the Financial aid room as well as calls. I personally don’t care either way.
The campus is also very nice, it is pretty, clean, and fun to walk around. The childcare is also by far the BEST in Vancouver, and they just updated it and built a huge new building. Cool teachers, cool rooms :)
Anyway, Clark is sort of my home away from home, I really have had a great experience here and will be somewhat sad to leave this Fall. Please consider going here — education is important!

I am only reviewing the registration/​counseling center as I have not started classes yet.
I just moved to the area and planned to attend WSUV, but with a 12 month residency requirement I figured it would be better to attend Clark for a semester and save myself about $ 9,000. I went to the registration office and the clerk was super nice, he helped me out with everything I needed to do to find out if this was a good fit for me. I was a little surprised by the $ 20 application fee for a community college.
I went to the counseling office and had to wait about an hour to be seen since they were not taking appointments. My counselor was Mr. Long and he has been extremely helpful. He explained that there is a 30 credit course requirement in Washington. Though I was only one pesky math class away from an associates degree at my last school, in Washington I had a couple more requirements to complete.
I will update after classes start and I have the full «student» experience.

I didn’t graduate from here.
Classes were boring. Not many cute girls. Only saw a couple punks when I attended here.
Wouldn’t recommend it. I guess if you’re a wanker you can go but whatever. I don’t like school. the people are incredibly boring.