Guttman Community College

Amazing college the staff want to help you succeed in your future

Be careful with this college if you plan to eventually move out of state. Be sure to check with your next college about which accreditation agencies they accept. To my knowledge, GCC only stated they were accredited, not by whom directly (rookie mistake), in 2014, and it took pages of in depth research on their own website to see that they weren't accredited by a particular agency until after I left the college and state. After starting enrollment at my new college, I've had to fight tooth and nail to prove my unofficial transcript valid. They sent out a letter of accreditation to my current university stating that they are indeed accredited by MS. Supposedly I was to get that letter when they transitioned to MS. I did not. Not through any form of contact. Still invalid as they were in consideration for MS accreditation at my time of enrollment there, not actually accredited by MS until 2017. I attended for a little over two years and now at nearly 3 surrounding colleges near me, I am told that I have to enroll as a freshman regardless. As a sidenote, I am unsure if this has changed, but during my freshman year registration for classes was not very flexible at all and you had to choose morning (popular) or night classes. 1 of those classes were actually maybe 2 classes combined. If my memory serves me correct, I was taking enough to consider myself a smidgen above full time. My point is, if you are willing to put the elbow grease in, make double sure that the next college will have no issue giving you the green light or you will waste time, money, and patience. Freshman: READ ALL THE FINE PRINT AND PLAN WELL. Edit: just checked QCC and they do accept MS, however, remember GCC was not with them until the beginning of 2017, so 2014 enrollees probably had their own set of troubles, as well.

Disclaimer, present employee at CUNY GCC.

Faculty & Staff go above & beyond to support and cheerlead student success to earn their associates degree and transfer successfully to their 4-year schools 🎉🎉🎉

We have a plethora of virtual events & resources for students to engage in while we are distance learning in Fall 2, Spring 1 & 2 2021.

A sample of the amazing things GCC offers ⭐
---Academic Success Center (for 1:1 tutoring).
---AccessAbility
---Amplify Student Voices
-----Guttman Connect Center (formerly known as Single Stop).
---Peer Mentors (who host Peer Mentor Meetups to academically help students & facilitate fun events).
---Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
---SGA {Student Government Association}
---United Men of Color (open to all students).
---Women of Grit.
---Women Resource Center.

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REALLY small like a closet and classes as small as elementary school, our tour guide could barely speak English but was very nice and did wait for all of us

It's a good college with many support services for the students, plus the library stays open late which is awesome when your schedule is in the afternoon and need to get work done after classes.

Theoretically, this is a very good school. At the time of my attendance, it was number one in New York state for community colleges based on multiple measures of success. The professors are well-versed in their subjects and for the most part, they are very professional. There are innumerable resources accessible to students as well.

However, the atmosphere feels very much like high school, perhaps even more so than my actual high school did. The professors, while professional, do treat their pupils as if they are children oftentimes and several policies reinforce this. Additionally, the lack of cooperation and choice in schedule creation, the odd semester and cohort arrangement (meaning that you are in school for twelve months out of the year and in classes with the same people for this time), the relative obscurity of the school and it's reputation as a whole, and the high tuition rate do not make this a good school for the value, in my opinion.

Guttman Community College is constantly supporting the notion of development of long-term skills. For example, writing a critical research paper, presenting a project in front of people (a good exercise against insecurity), researching issues in your neighborhood, etc. For this reason, my experience in this institution was remarkable. I believe I have learned enough abilities for my own sake.

this by far is a beautiful college, I had the honor of being apart of the 1st EVER class , the staff and prof's are VERY helpful and here at GUTTMAN ,family is strong. You will walk in here shy and not knowing much , but I guarantee b the time you leave , you will be cracking jokes with everyone and walking out with a associates degree. I an forever thankful for Guttman community college. This college has grown a lot in just 2 years. I will defiantly miss the staff and family here.