CT State Community College Tunxis Bookstore - Farmington, Connecticut

S. M.

Excellent college, I've been attending for 4 semesters and I can't say enough about the wonderful people that make this school run. The professors are top notch, work or have worked in the fields they're teaching so they are very knowledgeable and also very accessible if you need help or have any questions. The dental program is very well regarded. Their Fine Arts Dept is phenomenal, including Photography, Graphic Design, Fine Arts professors are fantastic! The are gallery is gorgeous and you can see shows ranging feom local artists to student art shows!
Free tutoring for Math and English, a beautiful library, computer lab, the resources here are abundant. They make sure you have access to everything you need to succeed ! They alao have an amazing Academic support center for anyone who needs accommodations of any kind ! They even have a child care program. A Welcoming and Wonderful College to all and easy on the pocket tuition wise compared to a 4 year school. They have programs in conjunction with all of the CT Universities and offer guarantees acceptance to UCONN, CCSU, etc. The list of Colleges and Universities that students have transferred too are top notch. Great opportunities at Tunxis!
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karen L.

Great place, I’m taking some classes there and I always love to go at the library to study.

Cassie L.

Tunxis does the job in terms of fulfilling requirements or prerequisites. The buildings and labs are nice. The faculty has always been helpful and willing to set time aside outside of class for further assistance or questions, however office staff is severely lacking. If you can manage to get a phone call through, the employee on the other end is rarely able to answer any questions. Also, the registrar, cashiers office, and many other essential departments of the school have strict business hours, which makes it very difficult for people who work regular full time jobs during the day to communicate, make payments, or get answers to questions. That being said, if you're in a situation like I am, having an affordable school that offers the classes you need to fulfill prerequisites nearby is nice.

Darla L.

My brother works here in the computer department. I am visiting from Maryland. We ate breakfast in the cafeteria and someone else took his breakfast by mistake so they had to make him more toast. It looks like a pretty nice campus, not too crowded. They've added a lot of buildings since I was here last.

Theresa L.

I will say that I experienced extreme difficulty enrolling in a class and setting up a paymemt plan for one semester (don't know why it became so complicated). The Dean of Admissions, however, was tremendously helpful and kind. He assisted me without hesitation to resolve my enrollment issues. He even walked With me to the registrar's office to make sure I had no further problems enrolling. I am so thankful for his compassion and his desire to help students.

Overall, I've had great professors who care very much about students' learning and success. I wish the library was open later since I get out of class very late (after it closes) and have work all day prior to class. That, or I wish they had a 24-hour study space for students like UCONN does at their Storrs campus.

Valon G.

I love this school but DO NOT ACCEPT PAYMENT PLAN I signed up to use payment plan was late on a payment and asked when it had to be paid by to avoid more fees, they answered that no more fees will be added and to pay before i can register more classes, sounds good, but they sent my balance to collections agency! Unacceptable way to treat students at public school, should be renamed from community college to communities money mongers

Lani R.

Good service, staff is friendly and answers questions. It can be super busy the first 2 weeks of school but they accommodate the hours to stay open later so that people can get what they need. Never have a problem there

Backup A.

I attended this community college for a semester and it was a HUGE waste of time, and I would say a waste of money but financual aid paid for it.

I wouldn't recomend this school to anyone, if you're curious as to why, here's a tone of reasons why...

1.) The Aweful registeration process. Starting off with the class registation process, it was a mad house. They have professors, NOT academic advisors, scheduling mass amounts of students all at once, so they are going through students as fast as possible. I brought my SAT scores and the staff member putting me into classes didnt even look at them. They base everything off of the accuplacer test and wont even consider SAT. They also force you to take a extemely easy class called FYE (First year experince). Supposedly they make all students take this waste of time class their fist semester. (Ill go more into that a little later) However a friend of mine who still attends this college was not signed up for FYE his first or even second semester! Now he has to take first year experince in his second year. This is how terribly managed they are.

2.) The classes/professors and how comically clueless/contridictory they are. 2 out of 3 of my first semester classes were a joke. As mentioned before FYE was a complete and total waste of time. If you got through high school without any issues you shouldnt even be taking this class. They try to teach you "the soft skills" like organization, time mamagememt, and so on. And yes- this class is potentially helpful to some of the students who stuggle in these areas but overall most students seem to fair pretty well on their own. That being said it is just rediculous that the force EVERYONE to take this class. But then again that's just was I was told, maybe they dont force everyone to take it. Some of the staff don't even know what they can and can't do, and what does or doesn't happen. My FYE professor told my class that none of the professors can count attendance towards the students grade. Which if funny because my other two professors were very strict about their attendance policy and would count it towards the students grade.

2.5) Sudden rule changes and inconvineces. As for my math class everything started out fine. There is the class its self and then a 30 mins break and then a "Lab" where students are forced to get their HOMEWORK done online (The book for this particular math class was almost $200, but it was only for the Pearsons registration so we can do our homework online. Now I'm stuck with a book we didn't even use, that I can't even sell online because the account isn't included. Did I mention the pages of this book arnt even held together by anything? You have to buy a 4 inch binder to put it in so you can use it.) Anyway, most of the students wanted to do their homework as HOME so no one ended up going to the lab. But one day half way through the semester the professor announces that he will be counting the lab for attendance as well as the class. The professors can just make up rules as they go if they see fit. It's ridiculous. I ended up failing this class because I didn't want to spend another 2 hours on campus, and do my HOMEWORK in my ACTUAL HOME.

3.) Communication (or lack there of) between administrative staff and students. My friend applied for for Tunxis to go this up coming fall. She applied later in the year (sometime in late may) and they were quick in their response to say she was accepted. However she never got her financial aid report from Tunxis and yes, she did apply. She called and they told her to wait and to wait and to wait. But the thing is, if you want to register for classes you need to pay THAT DAY. So she couldn't register for classes. So finally in mid august she gave up on waiting and emailed Tunxis admission and told them to withdraw her file.

Anyway, if you can go to Northwestern Community College (as I ended up doing), or Manchester Community College, please do. Even if it's a longer commute it will be worth it because Tunxis is certainly not worth the time and effort.