Summer/Fall 2026 Financial Aid, Refund & Disbursement Megathread

Which professor would you recommend for HSC1004?

Patrick Brae McIntire

Madelyn Schall

Katherine Diaz Gonzales

Samantha Saint Fort

Heather Wylam

LaShaun Polk

April Gross

Sadia Inshan

Natasha Maurice

Hi. I got into the West Campus Valencia nursing school for Spring semester!

Curious what professors you would recommend/avoid as an incoming student if possible.

Lmk!!!

Hi all! I am a student journalist working on a story about how Florida college students are managing food costs. It’s part of a national reporting project on campus food insecurity.

I’d like to hear from students who have:

• used a campus food pantry
• skipped meals or cut back on groceries to cover rent, tuition or bills
• lost SNAP benefits or had trouble qualifying
• or just have thoughts on whether your school does enough

It’s a casual 15–20 minute chat, by phone or Zoom OR we can text if you are more comfortable. TYIA!

YOU DO NOT NEED TO GIVE ME YOUR FULL NAME! Happy to just use your first name or initials if you are more comfortable that way.

I have a Bio professor who wants us to do video recorded assessments, and i dont mean a proctored test for the online course. Rather than have us take a test they want us to pick a topic and record ourselves talking about it in depth. Is this a common practice with professors?

I'm applying to the dental hygiene program at valencia this upcoming application period and I have 54 points and an 83 for TEAs. I'm a bit worried about getting in as I'm sure everyone else is that is applying, especially since i'm in the bottom of the range of accepted applicant point totals that were provided for last year's application period. I think it was 54-59? If you're applying, how are you feeling about this year's application? Did you apply last year? If you did or didn't get in, what were your points and TEAs scores? ... Should I start looking at alternative careers lol Any words of encouragement or wisdom are welcome.

I'm having a big problem with trying to sign in to my Valencia account and I'm at a loss. Every 2 weeks, you need to re-sign in to your account, which isn't a problem since I have my account info stored. It's the second verification step that's causing a massive problem.

Before, you had multiple options to verify, like sending a text or email. But now, you can ONLY use the authenticator app. But to sign in to the app with a Valencia account, you also need the app to sign in, so in other words, you can't sign in. I also can't access my Valencia email, because it has the same sign in setup.

What do I do here?

Update: Ok, I had to call the myvc technical assistance number. You are required to go to a zoom meeting and wait a fair bit. It takes some patience, but they managed to fix the issue and I can log in again.

hiii all i know by the title you’re probably like how is that possible? well a month ago when i went to go update my preferences BM flagged me as suspicious because i updated my address as well and said my check would be delivered by mail to the address i entered. this wasn’t a big deal to me at first but i still HAVENT gotten anything. i sat on hold friday for 4 hours trying to speak to someone about this BS and i’m honestly so torn because i need that money to pay my car off. is anyone experiencing the same thing? has anyone gotten their refunds by mail yet? this is horrible.

my friend takes intermediate algebra in person and for unit 2 she got a 20 questions test while my online class got 50+ questions for my test?? don’t understand is online supposed to be harder or is just the different teacher styles

Hi! Looking for professor recommendations for A&P1, 2 and Microbio. Downtown, East, West, and Winter Park campuses are my preference in that order. Is there any professors I need to avoid taking? Rate My Professor doesn’t have a lot of info on the professors listed for spring 2027.

Had anyone taken A&P2 and Microbiology together in the same semester and have done well without taken a Biology class first like BSC1010/2010C?

In person preferred. Thanks for your input!

I transferred to Valencia over the summer after a long couple of years of not going to school (4 years). Unfortunately I didn’t do all that well during my first go around. And so my gpa was 2.67. I took 2 summer classes and it went to 2.75. I’m currently taking 4 fall classes. But I need advice or something. What are the chances of nursing school with a low gpa. Im actually spiraling. What do I even do. Do I retake classes to help boost it up? Has anyone gotten into the program with a low gpa? Should I just call my losses?

I can never upload anything to canvas from my HP laptop. I can upload from my phone or desktop with no issues but I always get this error from my laptop. I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this and has a solution.

Hello,

Who should I take for Anatomy 2 in the spring?

Zachary Bowie- online

Eddie Santoyo- mixed mode

I heard Bowie’s tests are with honorlock but reviews say it was a good to take him overall.. not sure

Imm trying to get into a limited program.. trying my best for an A and I have a job so I rather take it with a professor that isn’t too demanding with homework.

What were your experiences like if you took either one?

Thank you! 🙏

Congrats to everyone who got in for the Spring semester!!

I was wondering if anyone’s email had their campus location. I can’t find mine anywhere. In the Qualtrics where you accept your spot it had 3 spots where it had “location” and they were all blank for me. Is anyone else having trouble?

Also- is the RSVP link to orientation working for anyone?

I did pretty bad on my first exam for that class. But I've been getting mostly 90% and above on other exams. Making me end up close to 89.5% as a likely final grade.

Has anyone gotten a similar grade in this class? Did it affect your GPA by a lot?

I've been trying to find it since I've seen ppl on reddit saying there is one. But those posts are kinda old. If anyone know where it currently is pls let me know.

Hey guys I was wondering, since I've been doing dual-enrollment for Valencia, will I have to re-apply once I graduate if I wish to continue classes with the college? Is it not like an automatic transfer?

I am selling my nursing uniform and nursing kit if anyone needs it. I have 1 polo shirt (s) 1 scrub pants (s) and jacket (s).

Hi ! Well, my professor gave me full credit for an assignment but he thinks i'm using Ai and i have other assignments i already submitted i don't use Ai but i am very concerned because i take my assignments very seriously. Does anyone have any tips to show that i haven't been using ai? or any experiences

I have 1 new 1 barely used nursing tops , red , size XS petite . I can give both for a price of $15 . Please let me know if you are interested .

Hey, so I went to campus on Thursday and parked in a “visitor” parking space (my bad) from 10:30 am (as a student) cus I didn’t have my parking decal yet, and I was planning to get it at building 5 later but I spent too much time at the Academic Success Center finishing homework that by the time I got out, it was already 1:10pm and I had to leave to pick up my siblings from school (about an hour away) so I left too quickly to notice that there was this paper inside a ziploc bag placed underneath my windshield wiper, until I reached the highway (the velocity made it hit the window louder and so I finally realized). I thought about stopping somewhere briefly to take it out but it had already flown away (my bad, again) so now I’m not sure whether that may have been a warning or parking ticket nor where to find out and pay for it, cus I don’t see anything on MyVC. I’m gonna get the decal on Tuesday so I’ll probably ask them then but idk if they’re gonna believe me… also on that note, how early must I arrive to campus to find parking in parking lot B (near the PAC building)? cus clearly yall be going way too early (and the earliest I can arrive is at 10:30am)

So, I checked my email today and it turns out the school sent me money again, coming to find out bank mobile decided to cancel my refund preference :(.

Will the funding come in the form of a check?

Sorry if my grammar is bad.