Northern Virginia Community College - Annandale Campus - Annandale, Virginia

Stephen Munden

* This is my second attempt at writing a review on NOVA as they removed the last one. They are deleting my negative review that warns underprivileged families of their severe inadequacies, and this should concern anyone looking to attend this school. The public college should be more concerned about the welfare of their students rather than their public image. I will continue writing this review should they remove additional attempts. If this behavior continues, I will be contacting state and local authorities. *

It is my partner's third semester attending Northern Virginia Community College, and each year, the school takes exponentially longer to disperse financial aid. We are nearly half way through the semester, and he still has not received the funds he was awarded. He now needs to find part-time work in order to survive because the school is incompetent to disperse funds during the beginning of the semester. Students should not have to worry about securing funds for housing and food while receiving higher education. This is a complete failure, and anyone responsible should be reprimanded and/or fired for their gross incompetence.

Bárbara Muniz

I had a great experience there. Professors are professional and very criative on activities. I got classmates from all over the world, from countries that I didn't even know it existed. It did not just gave knowledge, it changed me in so many ways, it changed my life forever.

Yass D

Worst advising staff at room 113. I went there and the lady sitting at the front called me very rudely how can I help you? After that I clocked at the machine and waited two hours to get an advisor talking to me. After two hours waiting, an advisor she was black with curly hair, she did not even said hi to me. She talked to me for one minute outside her advising room, I asked why, she said that she get sick quickly and catch viruses from student, that is why she talk to them very quickly outside her room with zero privacy to students and in front of everybody. I will never register at this college again and I hope they can fix this problem with this rude advisor.

Mik

Most people on the reviews are unhappy about the school's tuition prices. I honestly don't have much knowledge about price within the U.S higher education system (was on a full financial aid) but, apart from the price topic NOVA is a great school! First the quality of education is top notch. Second almost all the professors and advisors I've worked with were very supportive and caring for students' success. Third as long as you made the most use of them NOVA's got plenty of free and available state of the art high quality resources to help students succeed and have a great college experience. Library, tutoring centers, labs, open computer labs, student life, clubs, bookstores, cafes, lounges, etc, and even internship career connections! On top of all that you get to transfer to any four year college of your choice while holding an associate degree or some certificate which comes as beneficial for your internship or part time job. NOVA's campus environment and physical area is equivalent to a university. It's a wonderful school for a community college! SN: It's the second largest and one of the top community colleges in the country.

Desi Jenkins

Avoid enrolling to this school by any means necessary. Randomly placed a hold onto my financial aid account; further preventing me enrolling into classes for Fall Semester at an alternative community college (which is located in my area). The woman who answered the phone appeared as though she did not like her position, as her attitude was evident in our interaction. She lent little to no assistance (providing no explanation on the reasoning behind the financial aid hold other than someone decreased my loan without proper authorization, prompting me to return a partial amount of my refund).

Ciara Obrien

OK. So I am a Alumni. I just have one beef with the school and that is the academic advisor that they gave me. Her name is Karen (I totally forgot her last name). She was so inconsistant and totally unreliable when it came to helping me succeed at NOVA. She told me that I needed a certain GPA to graduate NOVA. By the end of the spring 2023 semester, I looked at my transcript and had a complete meltdown. Two or three months later, I got my diploma in the mail. SHE TOOK MY CHANCE AWAY TO WALK! Please, I beg of those who are registering to attend NOVA, if you get her as an academic advisor, run as far away as you can or ask for your advisor to be changed. She belittles those with mental disabilities and is inconsistent with her logic on certain courses. I repeat: If you get her as an academic advisor, run in the other direction and ask for your academic advisor to be changed!

DC B

Northern Virginia Community College, a.k.a. NOVA, is one of the best great college for students who want to save tuition. Plus, they can have more time to think their appropriate major in here. For foreign students, NOVA’s ESL program is very well organized and popular so that you can experience the ethnic diversity in here.

Jesus Mejias

Great college that offers associate degrees to those pursuing careers in sciences, social sciences, and technology. They also offer certificates after completing certain programs.