I found that this college isn’t worth the time or money. In fact, this is the worst educational institution that I have attended. The advisors, professors, V.A. Representatives, facilities and equipment, and actual course content are mostly sub par.
My experience with Montgomery College Germantown Campus began with a visit to the advisor. The advisor was completely clueless, and provided me with minimal information. I’m not going to get into it, but he provided me with such minimal information that I was more confused after the appointment then before. He even provided me with some misinformation, that I’ll get into later. The bottom line is, I figured out everything on my own and I found the advisor to be complete useless.
I found the professors to be a really mixed bag. There were a couple good ones. But there were some that I really did not find to be good professors. As a former NCO in the U.S. Army I understand the basic concepts behind providing instruction. I’m not saying that I could do a better job teaching any of these classes, because I’m not a subject mater expert on any of the material. However, I can recognize signs of an incompetent instructor. Many of the professors barely knew the material they were teaching, struggled to communicate their expectations to the class, didn’t follow their own syllabuses, and often went of on wild political tangents instead of teaching the material we were required to learn. Overall, I found a lot of the professors at Montgomery College Germantown Campus to be incompetent.
Being a military veteran, I used the G.I. Bill to pay for my first and only semester at Montgomery College. I’m not going to say that the V.A. Representative at Montgomery College Germantown Campus is incompetent. He is extremely helpful, but often seems overwhelmed since there’s only one of him. I actually did have to turn in my documents twice since he misplaced them the first time.
The facilities and equipment at Montgomery College are about what you’d expect from a community college. For the most part everything is well maintained. However, the Montgomery College Website does not function properly. I had multiple issues with registration and with some various other actions. Overall, I’d say the facilities and equipment are up to par.
Finally, the course content seems to be sort of sub par. Most of my credits transferred to my new school. The one that didn’t though, was English 101. Just a word of warning, English 101 at Montgomery College is not a college level course. English 102 is, but English 101 is not. I learned this the hard way. And honestly, I feel like I was misled by the advisor. He advised me to sign up for English 101 when I qualified for English 102. Unfortunately I listened, which was a waste. It’s also misleading though since Montgomery College prides itself with being a great school to transfer from. Just keep in mind that English 101 isn’t even a college level course, so there might be more courses like that. Do your research before registering for classes, and don’t listen to the advisors. It might save you some time and money.