Cypress College

tl,dr: ok place for free drop-in pickleball.

+ Likes:
I visited here for pickleball. Nice place, lots of friendly players. I like that pickleball here is open-play (no reservations needed).
You can fit 4 pickleball nets per tennis court here. Out of the 8 open tennis courts here, 2 are designated for pball setup. Thus, normally a total of up to 8 pball courts may be set up here.

As you can see in my screenshot, there are no permanent pickleball nets here on these tennis courts. You have to bring your portable pball net. At least the pickleball lines are permanently drawn on.

- Non-likes:
Tricky parking situation. Sundays are more lenient than other days of the week. I forgot the specific rules. Sometimes you can park on the street, though there's limited space. Other times they'll ticket you. And yet, you know there are many other pickleball places with free parking. In this bigger perspective, the parking issue at this College just to play pickleball is unnecessarily annoying. If you're unlucky enough to find street parking far down the street, it's gonna be a bit of a walk to the pickleball courts, cuz there's no immediate entrance from the street into the pball courts. Such an unnecessarily long walk around. It's annoying how the white pball lines are drawn on the baby blue tennis court, and the outer boundary is painted dark blue. Very confusing and somewhat hard to see. Also, the lights on the outer parts of the tennis courts are dim here, so the pickleball court is split between a bright side and a shady side.

You have to be a self-starter to get through Cypress College unscathed. You have to pursue time with counselors. I hear sometimes the baseball team is good. Through a stroke of good fortune I chanced by, participating in some good dance, music, and drama classes. The mortuary program was top notch. There are a lot of racists. It's not the safest place in the world for young women.

It's really not that bad that they're just doing the job. Yes, incidents have happened, but nothing super bad known of. They are super strict on parking, so don't risk it and make sure you park with the car in not backward or else ticket. Stay alert, security can't do everything you're on your own first.

Instructor for my Mortuary science class exceeds all my expectations very knowledgeable and informative.

Love this school! This review is mostly for the court reporting program. The teachers are overall very good and our lab aid makes everything go smoothly and provides that additional support whenever needed. Every student I've met in the program is so friendly and helpful. Love this school and recommend it to anyone considering starting a career in CR

More about the CR program- it is go at your own pace and classes are easy to get. The schedule offered can be tricky especially if you work full time but it is doable if you work nights or like me (I work 3- 12's). Core classes are starting to be offered during the summer which is super helpful as well. There's free lunch provided daily to all students in the cafeteria. Only thing to remember- don't park head out and you'll be good!

I never attended school here great, but I did play here at a basketball tournament. I thought the campus was nice and the best part was that parking was free. You can't say that for every community college around here.

Great location.

Reth, in Admissions & Records was very nice, helpful and patient.
She helped me answer my questions as the syllabus was confusing.
Thanks to her I was less stressed.

Phenomenal Veterans Resource Center. Clean and safe campus. Campus safety is always patrolling. The Professors are genuinely nice people. Admissions/records is resourceful/helpful. I've been going here for over a year now and wouldn't change anything about my experience. It's really good for a community college.

I love the campus and really like the new remodeling done to the science buildings. The pool is also very nice, the high dive is the perfect height.

Came here on the weekend for the swap meet and got a ticket because my car was parked front facing out, instead of front facing in. I never even heard of being ticketed for that. After researching, I learned they do this because they need to see students parking permits. But this was on a Sunday when permits are not even needed, and everyone parked there are guests not students.

If I want to dispute it, i'd be sending an appeal to the same place that gave me the ticket. Gee that sounds fair. And if I decided not to pay it on principle, they warn you that the DMV may refuse to allow you to renew your car registration until you pay. And they double the fine if you don't pay it on time.

Nice little racket they got going on there.

So for potential students who are considering enrolling here, you should consider this a red flag. They're probably going to fleece you any way they can, like textbook costs and tuition price hikes.