[MissLadyBunny]

Okay I'm not Asian (no shocker there) or know any colleges that have a large amount of Asians attending. I'm from Florida so majority of people i see are mostly black, white, or Hispanic. Myself I'm all of that and most likely even more.

Where I plan to attend is MCC. (Manatee Community College). I want to earn my degree in Criminal Psychology or Sex Psychology. My goal is to earn my doctrine in either of the two. If I attend MCC i would earn my AA degree but I question on my adviser. According to her it would be best to attend community first then go to a university in order to earn my BA and so on. In my mind wouldn't it be more easy to just go to a university? I'm not sure if i'm making the right choice to go to community then a university or is that to many steps and money wasted?

[soju]

I took CC classes in Californeway and it was actually cheaper this way than to go head on university. Not sure how the system works in FL, but I'm pretty sure it the same thing. I was about to attend Hillsborough Community College there for a bit. I really really REALLY miss Winghouse........

[KIM_SAYS:]

Going to a CC first and then transferring to a university is the exact opposite of "money wasted." If you're absolutely positive that those are the fields you want to go into, then I say going a CC would be fine. You can take the two years to get your AA and just fulfill the university's general ed. requirements (I imagine they would directly transfer over). This would be a lot cheaper than going to a university (because university tuition is of course a lot more expensive than CC tuition) and taking the general ed. requirements there. Then once you finish the general ed. requirements at the CC, then you can transfer to the university and start working on your degree right away! I know a lot of people who have done that.

But it's all up to you. If you want to enjoy the college life to fullest extent then go ahead and just go straight to a university. But if money is your main concern, then I'd suggest transferring. Hope that helps.

[riceavocado]

Sometimes going to a CC can be a waste of time because classes get so full that you cannot get the classes you want to take and so you end up taking BS classes to fill your schedule that Universities will reject so you have to be careful and maybe face the fact that you could spend 4 years or more in a CC before you can successfully transfer over to a University.

[Hax]

Sometimes going to a CC can be a waste of time because classes get so full that you cannot get the classes you want to take and so you end up taking BS classes to fill your schedule that Universities will reject so you have to be careful and maybe face the fact that you could spend 4 years or more in a CC before you can successfully transfer over to a University.

I would say that's pretty rare. You have a while to take the classes you want. If your CC is semester system, they will have a winter and summer session to take the classes you want. You'll never spend 4 years at a CC because you couldn't get classes you wanted. Typical CC is 2 years and you are saying they may stay 4 years. At my University, it is hard to get classes so does that imply that I will be here for 8 years? 4 years at a CC for that reason is a little crazy. All my friends and I have transferred in 2 years with very little effort. I even picked a college that required a crazy amount of courses and I still finished in 2 years. I didn't even take summer school courses my summer before transferring so that meant I could have taken even more courses! You wont be stuck in CC for 4 years for that reason. You may if you get lazy.

[MissLadyBunny]

I would say that's pretty rare. You have a while to take the classes you want. If your CC is semester system, they will have a winter and summer session to take the classes you want. You'll never spend 4 years at a CC because you couldn't get classes you wanted. Typical CC is 2 years and you are saying they may stay 4 years. At my University, it is hard to get classes so does that imply that I will be here for 8 years? 4 years at a CC for that reason is a little crazy. All my friends and I have transferred in 2 years with very little effort. I even picked a college that required a crazy amount of courses and I still finished in 2 years. I didn't even take summer school courses my summer before transferring so that meant I could have taken even more courses! You wont be stuck in CC for 4 years for that reason. You may if you get lazy.

I worry about wasting two years if I take classes that doesn't move me in the right direction of my major. I told the adviser I don't want to waste time on classes or credits that well not be excepted by the major universities in Florida. One school may except this credit but another doesn't which makes it a pain in the ass. My boyfriend is going to FIU (Florida International University) down in Miami where he lives. Then he says he wants to go to college were I live. Which is USF (University of South Florida) or New College Sarasota. I told him jumping from university to university is a REALLY bad idea. Its best to go to MCC first and just map out what I can do from there if all else fail I'll become a cop.

[felinius]

I worry about wasting two years if I take classes that doesn't move me in the right direction of my major. I told the adviser I don't want to waste time on classes or credits that well not be excepted by the major universities in Florida. One school may except this credit but another doesn't which makes it a pain in the ass. My boyfriend is going to FIU (Florida International University) down in Miami where he lives. Then he says he wants to go to college were I live. Which is USF (University of South Florida) or New College Sarasota. I told him jumping from university to university is a REALLY bad idea. Its best to go to MCC first and just map out what I can do from there if all else fail I'll become a cop.

Usually a state will have something similar to assist.org (CA) that will show what transfers and what doesn't. I transferred from out of state to my college and it was just generally what classes are offered at the uni will be accepted. So, they didn't accept meteorology as meteorology, but accepted chemistry as chemistry.

Now, I think you should be talking to advisers at the colleges you want to go to. Each college will have different requirements for the same majors. Though at first you should just think about taking your general ed / fluff classes and then worry about majors towards the end.

[Hax]

I worry about wasting two years if I take classes that doesn't move me in the right direction of my major. I told the adviser I don't want to waste time on classes or credits that well not be excepted by the major universities in Florida. One school may except this credit but another doesn't which makes it a pain in the ass. My boyfriend is going to FIU (Florida International University) down in Miami where he lives. Then he says he wants to go to college were I live. Which is USF (University of South Florida) or New College Sarasota. I told him jumping from university to university is a REALLY bad idea. Its best to go to MCC first and just map out what I can do from there if all else fail I'll become a cop.

If you are worried about it, it would help you to research what courses will transfer over from the CC to the Uni. That way you know what will really count. In California we have Assist.org which tells us exactly what transfers over. Your state should have something like that, I hope...

With sites like Assist.org, you won't be taking useless classes unless you want to .