Going to community college then transferring- looks bad to companies hiring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know a kid working on his HS diploma and AA at the same time. Hard work. No free time. But it is impressive!

No one in an academically rigorous and competitive high school where everyone is taking dozen APs and fighting for high rank has time or need to do get an associate diploma from a local community college. Most universities they are interested in won't recognize those courses anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t know- just put where your bachelors degree is from on your resume.

That's deceptive.

Disagree. It’s the norm. No need to ever mention community college if you don’t want to

+1. It’s not normal to put your community college on a resume when you have a bachelor’s from a 4 year school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

No one cares

My company hires all the time we won’t take from Liberty Hillsdale or any other ultra conservative schools

Community college students hell yes they are hard workers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know a kid working on his HS diploma and AA at the same time. Hard work. No free time. But it is impressive!

No one in an academically rigorous and competitive high school where everyone is taking dozen APs and fighting for high rank has time or need to do get an associate diploma from a local community college. Most universities they are interested in won't recognize those courses anyways.

BS absolutely BS

[Anonymous]

Soooo classist. A lot of great students simply do not have the resources to go 4 yr. Going to NoVA save tons of money. My son is there and has met many excellent students who chose that route for a multitude of reasons. Money, need to care for parents, mental health, etc....

My son will get his AA then transfer to 4 yr and his college degrees will be listed. He is proud of his journey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like you couldn’t make it into the “Home” state university or a better college? How would a graduate counter that in a job interview?

Your experience?

This is such an east coast attitude. You will never encounter this in California where it’s considered smart financial and educational planning to go to CC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ability to leverage minimal resources.
Persistence.
Loyalty to those who have supported them by not burdening them with enormous bills.
Made a mature decision to fulfill gen ed while still deciding on major so as to keep as many options open as possible.
Humility and grit.
Not entitled.

This assumes that the grad went on to complete the final two years at a reputable college and did quite well when there. Shows they can cut it. If that is the case, I could go on and on. Especially if said student surprised the interviewer in person with a very polished personal presentation, charisma and sharp verbal skills. Refreshing and surprising. Memorable.

It’s all in how you package it.

I love this.
I went to CC before Bachelors and Masters.
My CC professors were wonderful.

[Anonymous]

No one has to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Soooo classist. A lot of great students simply do not have the resources to go 4 yr. Going to NoVA save tons of money. My son is there and has met many excellent students who chose that route for a multitude of reasons. Money, need to care for parents, mental health, etc....

My son will get his AA then transfer to 4 yr and his college degrees will be listed. He is proud of his journey.

Good for him!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Soooo classist. A lot of great students simply do not have the resources to go 4 yr. Going to NoVA save tons of money. My son is there and has met many excellent students who chose that route for a multitude of reasons. Money, need to care for parents, mental health, etc....

My son will get his AA then transfer to 4 yr and his college degrees will be listed. He is proud of his journey.

Good for him!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know a kid working on his HS diploma and AA at the same time. Hard work. No free time. But it is impressive!

No one in an academically rigorous and competitive high school where everyone is taking dozen APs and fighting for high rank has time or need to do get an associate diploma from a local community college. Most universities they are interested in won't recognize those courses anyways.

I know of two kids who did it last year, one at a top FCPS HS and the other at a well regarded private HS in NJ.

I didn’t go to CC, but I did transfer at the start of my junior year of college. All any employer ever knew was where I got my degree; that’s all I was ever asked for.

[Anonymous]

Why hide it? If you end up needing a clearance you have to put dates and places then you will look like you were deceptive to your employer.
Lots of people go to community College to save money. It you do well there and do well in the transfer college, it does you credit.

[Anonymous]

I post this from time to time, so some of you may have read this before.

I went to a community college, then my state flagship, then Harvard Law School, then big law, then consulting.

I've always had my CC on my resume. I'm proud of my AS degree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t know- just put where your bachelors degree is from on your resume.

That's deceptive.

Disagree. It’s the norm. No need to ever mention community college if you don’t want to

Ridiculous. This is standard. If you transfered from one 4-year to another, you don't list it. You just put the name of the school where you got your degree on a resume. If it's an application where you list every school, you list it. The point is, you got the degree! I've hired millions of people and that's what we look for because it's a requirement to have one and after that, it's whether you can do the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They wouldn’t know- just put where your bachelors degree is from on your resume.

That's deceptive.

Disagree. It’s the norm. No need to ever mention community college if you don’t want to

+1. It’s not normal to put your community college on a resume when you have a bachelor’s from a 4 year school.

There are new hiring software that have you input your experience by year (often through hiring agencies/"headhunters") so it would need to go if you put it there.

In my experience of hiring when someone--especially starting out-- puts their degree/year without years attended--there's often someone on the hiring team who speculates whether they switched colleges, took a slower path or whatever and wants to dig deeper--request transcripts, ask more specifically etc. Some people read it as you're hiding something. I never did until I encountered other people who flagged it, but now I do notice that when a person who graduated within the past 5 years just puts date degree awarded, usually behind it is that it took them longer than 4 years to graduate or they transferred from a "lesser" school to a better one and just want to record the better one. As for attitude towards community college first, in my experience there are some people who read that as evidence that someone is less-privileged and harder working and others who read it as they are less intelligent (esp when admittance to schools was more based on SAT scores) --though the majority don't particularly take note of it at all.