Eastern Florida State College

This school could be one of the premier community colleges in the country; however, the lack of attention to detail with regard to the staff and faculty has made it one of the very worst. The arrogance and condescension that is displayed from the top of the ladder, on down to the bottom rung, is what is holding this college back. There is NO accountability on the part of the faculty or staff for their rude and hostile behavior's. The student is consistently held to a high standard of performance, along with a protocol of behavior, but the faculty and staff are constantly lacking in manners, professionalism and knowledge for their individual job descriptions. Forget about getting a straight answer from financial aid, they just sit around and eat all day. They have no knowledge of the current laws that exist nor do they care. They get paid to sit on their lazy hind ends and chat on the phone and eat. The advisors are no better, they will direct you into the wrong classes, or they will be misinformed of the class requirements that exist for entrance. The information specialist's, the cashiers, and any other employee of BCC seem to have some prima donna complex. They are rude and hostile each and every time they are approached. I have emailed the President of the school, the provost and any other top presiding official but to no response. They seem to like losing student to competing schools and with the innovation of online classes, I suspect that attendance will be dwindling quite quickly. My advice is to save your time, money and sanity and attend any other community college in the central Florida area!

1st Year Female -- Class 2012

Perceived Campus Safety: B+, Education Quality: F

If you are considering BCC, RECONSIDER.
Security is COMPLETELY harassing and caused both me and my husband a great deal of stress over a minor incident involving parking.

The guard was rude, profane, and endangered my health and safety by detaining us against our will. I am diabetic and my blood sugar had dropped, and we were not allowed to leave until he was finished with his immature little tirade.

After letting us go with a paper warning, he forwarded the incident to the dean of security and, before it could be resolved THERE, forwarded it to the provost of the campus. Then they had my husband FORCIBLY REMOVED from class during an exam!

Allow me to add that BOTH of us are good students; I made President's List two semesters and Dean's List all others, and my husband has made Dean's List every semester since he began attending last year.

This incident not only affected his grades, but also BOTH of our jobs. Their consistent harassment forced both of us to call out from work in order to deal with the issue, which was blown COMPLETELY out of proportion.I will NEVER recommend BCC to anyone again. I had a good experience with the college until this disaster, which was embarrassing, harassing, damaging, unprofessional and uncalled for.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000

BCC is definetly like high school, except there are always a handful of older people returning to school. Most of my classes consisted of 1/2 high schoolers, 1/4 older, and 1/4 18-25 years old. The high school kids forget that this is college and they complain, write notes, talk in class, make excuses, etc. This is a wonderful school if you can't decide where you want to go in life, but it also makes others feel cheated... like myself. I have achieved straight A's, with a few great prof's, some REALLY bad, but most are average. The appearance has gotten a lot better, but there are not any social activities. Life can be quite depressing if your expecting to broaden your horizons while going here.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2004

Faculty Accessibility: A, Useful Schoolwork: F