Top Rated 4 University in McKinney, TX - A Smart Choice for the Future

Savanna Phuy The lady at the front desk for the Welcome Center was disrespectful and inconsiderate of my time. I called in advance to see if I can speak to an advisor and the very nice lady over the phone told me I could come in even if I wasn’t a student just to discus my different options. ( I wouldn’t go for no reason) The front desk lady just didn’t care what I had to say and basically stated if I’m not a student there is no help no time for you. I was completely okay with waiting even if it took hours because I know how busy they are at the start of the year. In addition she decided to take a phone call in the middle of our conversation and I stood there waiting while other people were getting helped. What’s the point of going to this college to apply if they are not even friendly to their future students.

Oscar Ortiz I assume most people go to college to find a good job. If so, then you would expect the place that offers the training to train and prepare you for said job. Its not exactly like that at Collin College. I speak for the IT department mostly, which is at the Frisco campus. The McKinney campus however, has done a decent job when it came to general education classes i.e. Math, English, History. It helps that the campus offers tutoring for GenEd classes in designated rooms such as the math lab or the writing center. Unfortunately, there is no tutoring for IT classes. Some electives are considered by many as "free credits" but if you are serious about your education, it is possible to actually learn something from these electives if you do the work and engage the instructors. Now, for the IT classes...you might as well teach yourself. This is essentially what youre doing anyway at Collin College, ESPECIALLY if your classes are 100% online. My experience has been that a professor assigns a textbook and has the textbook do all of the teaching, which might make you ask "why do I need to pay for a class or professor to learn this?" If you choose to do an IT program at Collin College, I highly recommend learning as much as you can about the subject BEFORE taking a class. You will be doing that anyway during the class except if you learn what you can before taking a class, you wont be rushed and you wont risk losing out on tuition money. I dont believe Im too far off by saying that the class is to test you only and not to teach you. Overall, I would recommend Collin College as a stepping stone to a university BUT be prepared to fly solo most of the time. If you are able to find assistance from the faculty, consider yourself lucky. If anything, this college is a trial to test your self-reliance.

Kurt Nauenburg Admissions is very painful, with them collecting very sensitive information that has nothing to do with attending school. They asked for 12 months of the my bank statements, bills, and pay stubs because they thought I was trying to steal tens of dollars from Collin County. Unless you are my mortgage lender there is no reason for that information. Admissions couldnt care less about getting you into classes, the veterans office ignored my concerns. Despite applying to the school in March, admissions wasnt complete with my application by September forcing me to drop all of my classes this semester. THEY DO NOT CARE ONE SINGLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDENTS!!!

MaDonna Sims It was nice. I like how clean it is, how modern it is and the staff are always there to help. I just wish they would add private rooms for studying, equipment to rent, later hours for the computer lab with weekend hours. Another plus would be to add TVs (maybe watch CNN) in the snack room upstairs for a tab bit of entertainment and news.

DeNitra Calhoun Alicia in Student Services was super helpful when I mistakenly visited this location. I was looking for the McKinney campus but went to the administrative building. Instead of turning me away, Alicia took the time out of her busy day to sit with my son and I to answer our questions. She was very welcoming and made our experience a great one.

Eric Hawkins Great institution of higher learning. Very affordable. Most affordable school in the state of Texas. Its spread out over a large geographical area in North Texas. Gives people an opportunity that they dont have to travel far to get to one of the campuses. Its going to be even more accessible once the two newest campuses open in the Fall of 2020.

Taylor Acker Fine school but good luck trying to get your transcripts from them after too graduate, Id rather go through getting my wisdom teeth removed without anesthesia than go through this process again which you are absolutely need to do if you ever expect to use credentials to get from here for a paying but I guess they dont care about that part, just having you waste you time/money on their courses and shafting you at the critical point later on of gaining employment.

Robert Capo Your ignorantly loud and disrespectful commercials are so obnoxious that Im giving your physical location 1 star, great job! Might as well be the Carrollton University of North Texas.

Shuntina Taylor Great experience so far. The web site is very informative and helpful once you have your student ID. Lovely staff and campus.

Bobby Cone Beautiful building! I attended Collin College back in the early 2000s when it was still Collin County Community College and this campus wasnt built yet but Ive been in many of them before and they atmosphere is always very nice. This is a great place to get an education if you live in the area and dont want to pay todays insanely high tuitions at other schools.