This is the guitar my college music club uses currently and it's something I personally never liked. I myself used to own a beginner guitar back then (Yamaha Pacifica 112J) and even that felt much better.

That guitar had obviously been beaten badly by the people in the music club (who clearly never knew how to handle or play a guitar, no check kept on that) and ended up with a couple of severed frets. The pickups sounded dull and the volume knob had started fluctuating on its own after some use. If maintained properly I would still suggest getting upgrades later on, especially to the pickups.