Anonymous
01/21/2026 08:28
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
lol, yes
My HS kid is currently there for DE math. Her professor teaches the exact same class -- same syllabus, same exams, all of it -- at UMD.
It’s pretty common for professors to teach the same class at both two year and four year colleges using all of the same materials. MC is not an inferior education.
To the PP who says everyone can take classes, that isn’t correct. To get a degree you have to either pass preadmission testing or pass a prerequisite English and Math class. And certain classes are open only to people in the program.
Besides being a pipeline into a four year school and an excellent and less expensive means to get a degree from UMD, MC has trade programs that can lead to either a certificate or a degree depending on the path the student chooses.
And the process tag is so reasonable. It is actually a place where a student can earn enough to pay the cost.
Exactly! And it's not just common for the same profs to teach, but MC must align their courses with UMD so that credits transfer seamlessly. The curriculum and rigor must be very similar or the courses at MC would not hold the same value. The courses are rigorous enough to count as transfers at any other 4 year college in the country. I am a professor at MC and I have sent my syllabi to mutliple T10 and T20 schools for my students to get their transfer credits when they leave MC.
Anonymous
01/21/2026 08:21
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
lol, yes
My HS kid is currently there for DE math. Her professor teaches the exact same class -- same syllabus, same exams, all of it -- at UMD.
It’s pretty common for professors to teach the same class at both two year and four year colleges using all of the same materials. MC is not an inferior education.
To the PP who says everyone can take classes, that isn’t correct. To get a degree you have to either pass preadmission testing or pass a prerequisite English and Math class. And certain classes are open only to people in the program.
Besides being a pipeline into a four year school and an excellent and less expensive means to get a degree from UMD, MC has trade programs that can lead to either a certificate or a degree depending on the path the student chooses.
And the process tag is so reasonable. It is actually a place where a student can earn enough to pay the cost.
Anonymous
01/21/2026 08:16
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Montgomery College has always been called Montgomery College as long as I can remember (80s).
I don’t know what it was like before, but from what I understand there are quality teachers at MC. There are teachers from local universities who also teach some of the classes at MC.
And just like at other colleges, these people are called professors. They have terminal degrees in their fields.
Anonymous
01/21/2026 08:00
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Montgomery College has always been called Montgomery College as long as I can remember (80s).
I don’t know what it was like before, but from what I understand there are quality teachers at MC. There are teachers from local universities who also teach some of the classes at MC.
I don’t know what it was like before, but from what I understand there are quality teachers at MC. There are teachers from local universities who also teach some of the classes at MC.
Anonymous
01/21/2026 07:54
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
IKR
How exactly are colleges supposed to game rankings if they can't deny admission to more applicants than other schools do???
What's next? Evaluating student outcomes? Instructional quality?!
Madness
What's the point of ranking community colleges? Is a Montgomery county MD resident going to attend Missoula MT community college (not sure if they even have one) because it's higher ranked than Montgomery College?
Consider an independent young adult trying to make ends meet in, say, service industry jobs and taking classes at night to get their AA. Maybe they want to know what CC is the best and relocate to that area to take classes. Or they are moving to X state and use those rankings to help determine exactly where to move to.
Just like families do with rankings of public school systems when determining where they want to move for the sake of their children.
You can’t imagine *any* scenarios where ranking community colleges might be helpful to someone? Maybe look for some ways to get outside your bubble.
Or comparing it to UMBC, Towson, UMD, etc. Why make the decision to do two years at MC first if you don't know how it compares to Towson?
Anonymous
01/21/2026 07:48
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
Why not point out exellence, strong points, weak points, failures, etc? Then if you apply a score, you get rankings.
That has nothing to do with who gets accepted or gets to take a class.
Anonymous
01/21/2026 07:28
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
IKR
How exactly are colleges supposed to game rankings if they can't deny admission to more applicants than other schools do???
What's next? Evaluating student outcomes? Instructional quality?!
Madness
What's the point of ranking community colleges? Is a Montgomery county MD resident going to attend Missoula MT community college (not sure if they even have one) because it's higher ranked than Montgomery College?
Believe it or not MC has tuition rates for both in county students and out of county students, so in fact some students are from outside Montgomery County.
Anonymous
01/21/2026 07:10
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Our county is also surrounded by other counties, a district and near another state!! This may be shocking but there are students who cross county lines to attend community college - just like for 4 year colleges.
There are also adults who take classes for fun and are drawn to high quality education.
There are also adults who take classes for fun and are drawn to high quality education.
Anonymous
01/20/2026 23:23
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Okay.
-speaking from outside the bubble
-speaking from outside the bubble
Anonymous
01/20/2026 23:14
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
IKR
How exactly are colleges supposed to game rankings if they can't deny admission to more applicants than other schools do???
What's next? Evaluating student outcomes? Instructional quality?!
Madness
What's the point of ranking community colleges? Is a Montgomery county MD resident going to attend Missoula MT community college (not sure if they even have one) because it's higher ranked than Montgomery College?
Consider an independent young adult trying to make ends meet in, say, service industry jobs and taking classes at night to get their AA. Maybe they want to know what CC is the best and relocate to that area to take classes. Or they are moving to X state and use those rankings to help determine exactly where to move to.
Just like families do with rankings of public school systems when determining where they want to move for the sake of their children.
You can’t imagine *any* scenarios where ranking community colleges might be helpful to someone? Maybe look for some ways to get outside your bubble.
Anonymous
01/20/2026 21:00
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
IKR
How exactly are colleges supposed to game rankings if they can't deny admission to more applicants than other schools do???
What's next? Evaluating student outcomes? Instructional quality?!
Madness
What's the point of ranking community colleges? Is a Montgomery county MD resident going to attend Missoula MT community college (not sure if they even have one) because it's higher ranked than Montgomery College?
Anonymous
01/20/2026 20:43
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Do you recommend one campus - Rockville, Germantown, Silver Spring/Takoma, online -
over the other and for what field/program/department?
Rockville campus has the most students. That comes with some benefits since it offers more choices in classes.
I sense some of the campuses have stronger programs in specific areas, like SS/Takoma might have more programs that are designed to be two years and not the start to a four year program?
Anonymous
01/20/2026 20:41
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
IKR
How exactly are colleges supposed to game rankings if they can't deny admission to more applicants than other schools do???
What's next? Evaluating student outcomes? Instructional quality?!
Madness
Anonymous
01/20/2026 20:41
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
Believe it or not, no. Not everyone is eligible to take every class.
Anonymous
01/20/2026 20:40
Subject: Montgomery College MD
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When did they drop the "community" from Montgomery College?
It's considerd a top community college in Maryland and ranked 17th nationally among more than 650 community colleges. Lol, rankings of CCs??
Your/your kid's experience at MC?
I don’t get it the “lol.” Can you explain why you find this funny?
Why exactly are community colleges ranked? Can't anyone take a class at these colleges?
Why are you rank?