The first person that you can think of to help you figure out your classes is your counselor. The problem with this notion, though, is that most of the time they really aren’t that helpful. It’s completely understandable that they do have a lot of students to tend to throughout the year, but should that really affect them helping you?

No, it shouldn’t since you are paying to get the best education you can with the materials set in front of you.

So far in my escapade of college, I’ve had more students and professors tell me that it would be completely pointless to talk to a counselor. They basically say that you can do a better job as your own counselor than the paid ones.

This really disappointments me to say this, but I agree with the general conclusion of the student body and most of the staff of the work that the counselors are doing.

I wouldn’t really take anyone’s side on this unless I was absolutely sure of it, so I did a little investigating of my own.

I went into the counseling office before the end of the fall semester and made an appointment to see a counselor. I had specific questions about certain things that I needed to know. I asked: Is there a class offered that’s similar to the ones I need for my minor and what I needed to transfer or graduate.

Well, first of all, my counselor was late to our appointment and seemed to try to hurry me. Then when I asked her my questions, she gave me the wrong classes, and I wouldn’t find this out until the first day of class that semester.

She told me that I didn’t have any classes that would transfer, and I talked to my transfer school, and they said that they did.

This really upsets me and some of the student body that they claim to be extremely helpful to, but, in reality, they are not. I can understand that they’re busy and have to cater to the whole Bakersfield College population, but this is no excuse.

They need to have a better plan at handling students, that’s the bottom line.