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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Civil Engineering  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Super Brilliant Shasta College is an excellent community college, and I had a wonderful experience there. Most of the science, math and physics courses are top-notch, and while you won't have the most brilliant students sitting next to you, the professors are engaging and passionate about their subjects. It's also very easy to get help from your professors. I learned to appreciate that fact once I transferred to UC San Diego. Shasta had smaller, more intimate class sizes. Professors know your name here and come to understand how you learn if you have multiple courses with them. After transferring to UCSD, I realized how well-prepared I was after all the help and one-on-one time I had at SC. I would recommend that anybody considering a Calif university first attend SC, save some $ and get the personal attention you will NOT get the first 2 yrs at a four year institution. I will admit that I did have a few horrible professors at Shasta - one was a COMPLETELY incompetent psych prof, and the other was a humanities teacher. At least these were just general ed courses and not part of my major. As far as safety, I always felt secure. Lighting in the parking areas could be better for night classes. There's not much night life here, in fact, it's a joke. But that wasn't really my thing. I was into running and outdoor activities - and in those areas, SC has an embarrassment of riches. Running trails are everywhere, including a very nice one wrapping around campus. They have huge archery and soccer fields, two huge lakes within 30 min, skiing an hour away, hiking at Mt Lassen. The river trail is also nearby. Shasta College also has a decent media facility in the library, and my friends would use it to create our own music videos in our spare time.Shasta College does not have much to offer as far as student activities, although you CAN find stuff to get involved in. It's just you have to look harder. At a 4 yr school, you're pounded over the head with things to jump into. But if a two yr college is the route for you, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better school than SC. Faculty Accessibility: A+, Social Life: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Oct 01 2010 2nd Year Male -- Class 2013    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=71632&uid=1797'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Sociology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Shasta College is a joke, supported by lies and functioning on false premises. No, attending this community college does not guarantee that you will not transfer to Chico, or Humboldt, or any other poorly ranked commuter school. Don't buy into the bullshit--California Community Colleges only serve the function of keeping the working class population out of State Universities. If you attend Shasta, chances are that you will never attain a bachelor's degree. When I was there the school only had an 18% transfer rate over two years. What an absolute joke. It took me about a year to figure this out. I am now a student at a first tier, private residential liberal arts college on the East Coast. Once I've graduated, I will have my first pick at the most respected graduate schools in the nation (not excluding the Ivy League). (And this from a student who was deemed unworthy of a CSU...?) Preparedness: -, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Feb 07 2010 Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=64773&uid=1797'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Sociology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Shasta College is an absolute joke. Anyone interested in academe, thought process, the individual, history, evolution, progress, or the very concept of higher education should stay away. Granted, there are professors like Maro Lee and Randy Reed who rock. Then there are "professors" who don't know what an essay is. The studentry is comprised of junior college mannequins-- disinterested and self-absorbed fucktards who spend the class period texting their insignificant other. Mentioning Decartes, Francis Bacon, Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, or any champion of reason earns the title of "elitist." The school has an 18% success rate for a reason. Know, before enrolling, that Shasta is not a college. It is a JC meant to keep students from transferring to overwhelmed CSUs and UCs. Best of luck to those who get stuck in this hell hole. Preparedness: -, Reputation: - Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Dec 02 2008 Male -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! 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