Essay The Strengths and Weaknesses of Skagit Valley College

The strengths and weaknesses of Skagit Valley College differ from which campus you attend. The particular strengths and disadvantages can range from: students able to retake their Compass Test, high school students can attend free, Skagit prepares students for four year colleges; but my campus does not have many classes, its first come/first serve, and it’s a small school that doesn’t have many programs. My campus has criminal justice classes, but not a criminal justice program. The class points you in the right direction but doesn’t help you in real life situations. There could be possible solutions for these weaknesses. Students or civilians take a Compass Test to see where they lie at. Basically the Compass test is used to†¦show more content†¦As Skagit Valley College may be excellent, it also has its weaknesses such as the first come/first serve policy or statement. If a person is on the right lead to his/her career but is having trouble getting into a class required for a degree, that takes out proportions of his/her time waiting until the next chance. Sometimes students are frustrated and it affects their grades. Other times they want to or quit and wait until they can go somewhere else. It all depends on how a person is going to respond or react to a class they are seeking. Also the campus I attend to at Whidbey Island is very small. This doesn’t give students the full experience of how a regular college is like. Several Universities are huge and have several students attending their campus. Whidbey’s campus is like a tenth of a regular college. Skagit Valley College on Whidbey Island doesn’t have many classes. I wanted to take classes for medical tech, but I found none. This can affect students that prefer particular majors, as of course the campus doesn’t offer it. So this leaves them unexperienced when they go to a college that has their course available. The people that live on this island sh ould convince the government that they should invest more money into Skagit Valley College Whidbey Island Campus. If we convince the government to support us, then we should have a vote for