Why HCC?

By Rob Sheftic
Staff Writer

Just What Are You Doing Here?

During a student’s final year of high school, the most common face you will see will be a face of anxiety, nervousness and usually uncertainty. A student making the decision to head to college after high school is great in itself, but that’s only the beginning. They then have to decide exactly where they would like to go and for what reason.

After careful deliberation some students, like you and me, choose to attend Housatonic Community College. There are a number of reasons why a student decides to go to our community college. From the convenient location, the idea that a student wants to strengthen their GPA before transferring to a four year school, cost or just the uncertainty of a career choice, Housatonic offers something for everyone.

Housatonic has a wide variety of programs that may interest many students. Daryl-Anne Dicamillo, who was undecided but now is leaning more towards child psychology, says, “ I heard that HCC offers great programs at low costs. The school is also so close to my house.”

Alyssa Young also says, “ I was nervous making HCC my choice, but after my first day I immediately fell in love with my classes. For the price you pay, you get more then enough in return.”
Most students do say that one of the reasons they come here is because of cost. Everyone that I talked to always said that you get more then enough, for the money you spend here.

Katianne Rosbrough, who just began her second semester here, says, “I wanted to get my basic core classes done here, because some of my other choices were too expensive. You’re getting the same education that you would get at any other school if not better here because teachers here more relate to the students on an individual basis.”

Jared Zdru, currently in the middle of his third year here, says, “It’s really hard to argue with the location of the school. I’m ten minutes away from my house. It’s the same classes that you would be taking at another school and the reputation that this college has along with the reputations of its professors is great as well.”

I chose to come here not only for its location but also just because I wasn’t exactly sure what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Students need to realize that its ok if right out of high school they don’t really have an idea of what they would like to do for a living. I understand that in today’s world most students will feel pressure from every direction. from family, friends, significant others, or whomever it may be, that they need to know what they want to do and do it fast. Each student works at their own pace and needs to find out what exactly suits them.

Over the last few years Housatonic has been continuing to build a solid and beneficial reputation for all students and shows no signs of slowing down. Whichever reason students may have for coming here, one thing is certainly clear, making HCC your choice of schools is not one that you will regret.