Santa Fe College

This school is actually pretty good, I hadn’t been in a while and since this was my first semester back this year I was a bit lost with the new things going on. Needless to say, the staff were actually friendly and personable. They helped me throughout the semester and also helped me strengthen my perseverance. Shout out to Mrs. Miller for ENC1102. Her class and workload is tedious yes, but she truly is a caring teacher that sticks with you until the very end 10/10

We went to the learning zoo today and it was perfect. Not to crowded and enough room to get a good little exercise in, while seeing all the animals

Every time you try and get a hold of someone On the phone it just hangs up once Once the message is done I do have more to complain about this college. But what's the point?

I attended here from 2012-2017 (working part-time and then full-time while only taking a few classes a semester). It was a great experience overall. The professors were generally pretty good (granted I used RateMyProfessor before taking any class) and I felt that there were so many great resources for the students. Some of the resources included the math lab, the BOL lab, and the writing lab where professors will review and critique your paper. Their library is also pretty good. Even though I haven't attended here in years, I still look back at my time at Santa Fe fondly. I'm surprised at so many of the reviews here trashing this school. Shoutout to Patti West with the computer networking curriculum. She really knew her stuff.

Horrendous and regretful school experience. As a small zoo and visually, this college is nice. It's walkable. Some professors are pleasant too and you can tell that they really enjoy their job which made my experience nice too. But this is not a school I would recommend to anyone. There are a FEW majors that you MIGHT learn all you need and want. And, depending on your major (and instructors), this may be an affordable starting point, but I encourage you to leave as soon as possible. If you do enroll here, I HIGHLY encourage you to be a transient student and take classes at UF. This school was a letdown from the start. I enrolled here right out of high school in the 2010s and wanted to get a B.A. for the initial major I always wanted. They allowed it at the time, but it would take 4 year for a simple A.S. degree, and that's attending full-time. Whoever approved/agreed to 4 years equaling an A.S. had rocks for brains. To this day, I still feel like I wasted my money, but more importantly, my time. It also killed the love and motivation I used to have for that major. Thankfully, I double majored and transferred, but I didn't learn all I could have or needed to; I still feel highly unsatisfied. I did come back post-COVID, hoping to get a simple certificate through SFC because I wanted to change career paths, but that didn't work out either, and they have unjustly taken my money. I enrolled in a Data Analytics Management Specialist certification program after discussing it with that department's advisor, but she could only give me the limited info she knew. I enrolled, assuming it would align with job applications of the same/similar title, and the program would teach things like SQL, HTML, Python, and etc. It doesn't cover ANY of that at all! I found this out after the first week, and I tried to drop the class, but apparently, it was too late. Tried to petition TWICE to get my money back, and I explained how the title of the program was misleading. I was denied each time. I cannot express in words how much this school was a tremendous letdown. Most of the staff, particularly the ones who don't have student-facing roles, don't keep the students even in the back of their mind, nor some of the student-facing staff either. The trickle-down effects are noticeable. I have yet to meet a person who highly encourages others to attend this school, and I myself steer people clear of SFC unless it's their last option, unless they can be a transient. I see several people in the reviews have also shared their experiences and disappointment. I would even turn back the clock and relive those years if I could, just to get my money and my time back, and instead go to a different school.