As a community college that continually ranks one of the top two in the state, there are plenty of reasons why De Anza rules all other colleges but one thing is definite, you are getting more than what you are paying for here.

Coming into De Anza, I was the average community college student that came into class, did my work then left for home, in that time of my college experience I was yet to realize how extraordinary De Anza is.

I realized it first after getting involved with the De Anza Associated Student Body, through this activity I was able to really see how much passion each individual faculty and staff has for their work and for the De Anza’s students.

De Anza is unlike any other community college because it employs hundreds of talented and dedicated faculty and staff who not only strives for greatness in their own lives but also strives to ignite the same passion they have into De Anza’s thousands of students.

Within the thousands of De Anza’s students is the face of the whole world that contributes in everyway possible to this institutes uniqueness.

De Anza is known for their student enrollment of thousands that come from all over the world, that factor alone is great symbolism of what De Anza can offer its students.

The help that students are able to get at De Anza are a big contributing factor of why De Anza is so great.

Programs like EOPS, counseling, Student Success and Retention and the Math Program Success are only some of the dozens of programs that aid students in succeeding in every way possible.

The cost of De Anza is also hard to top. At De Anza you are basically getting the same education that you may get from a high costing university but for little to no money based on financial standing.

De Anza strives to make a difference in every student’s lives. Its motto is “We’ll change your life, You’ll change the world” and changed my life it has.

When first coming here I though getting out is when my life would finally start. Little did I know that it is here that I find myself.

There are few things that people can argue about why they dislike De Anza but college and life in general is what you make out of it.

De Anza is more than a community college, it is an institution structured on a foundation of passionate caring people who wants their student to succeed and make sure it happens.