[ellegirl19]

Does it make a difference whether you graduated from a UC by transferring or going all 4 years?

cuz i really really want to go to a community college ( i kno...frikin weird -- _ --;; ) even tho i got into all the colleges i applied for because 1) i love living at home 2) i hab a kick a$$ job that pays heckka $$ / super cool workers 3) if i stay, then i can save up and buy a car which i really want and my parents cant afford to get me and 4) i wont hab to take out a loan to get that uc education and b in debt wen i graduate but my mom's telling me that it looks bad when u try to get a job and that ppl will look down on you and that its stupid to transfer into a college that u already got into

[erure]

i think that the only problem with transferring is that the other kids who were at the university you transferred into have gotten to know the professors better since they had 2 more years so if you're going towards science and you need help from your professors to do research projects and whatnot you're going to have a disadvantage there. but other than that community colleges are really good because you save money.

[kuku]

Let me guess... PCC?
lol

Yea. I know a lot of people in your situation. First they want to save money. Second, they know it's a lot easier at a community college.

[ellegirl19]

wats pcc?

[YellohSwtTart]

thats not a bad idea at all. it doesnt matter whether you're a transfer or not. as long as you have a degree from a UC, it's the same as going there for all 4 years.

[I AM ON AWAY]

I dont recommend that SINCE you got into a 4 year university. i think its ALWAYS better to start off at a 4 year university if you can.

and i dont think you save THAT much money at cc than at uc since you have to take more classes at cc to get enough credits to go to graduate school at us (or whereever else).. and more classes=more money. I mean, you DO save money, but if that's the ONLY justification behind going to cc.. I personally would just go to a cal state or uc or something becuse to me that little amount of money i save going to a cc is not worth giving up my top choice school (ucsd)

[lakers]

i researched this thing and found out its basically exactly the same thing. in the end its the "where you got the degree from" that matters. Moneywise the difference is huuuuugeee. more than 50% of the people in the UC system are transfer students.

[viedeluxe]

If I were you, I'd go to the university.

[passingdream]

CC's are a great way to save money. But they tend to be commuter schools, so you'll see less school spirit and there won't [really] be any dorm/college life for you to absorb. However, that's not saying there aren't a load of nice people that you'll meet (there are) The one bad thing about community colleges is when you transfer you have to specify your credits and work harder.

[erure]

isn't it harder to transfer than to get in as a freshman? i'd just go to the university even if you do save tons of money. it'll probably be hard adjusting to college life when you're a junior and everyone else is already adjusted.

[silver]

wats pcc?

Haha Pasadena City College

It's actually much easier to get in as a transfer.

For the UC system at least, the UCs are required to take in a certain amount of CC transfers
If you're in the honors program, you're pretty much garaunteed into UCLA or a college like that.
And your high school scores and stuff don't matter anymore, so if you didn't do that well in high school, but you did good at a CC, it's a huge advantage

But---this only works if you're in the honors program.


We had a wholleee bunch of lectures? seminars? on why we should go to community colleges from my stats teacher x_x;