Community college ——-> University path

[Anonymous]

Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. Hope you get the feedback you want. You should also try college confidential.

Most DCUMers would rather hang themselves than send their kids through this path so don't expect a lot of feedback.

Yes, listen to a circle jerk of crazies who've been on that forum for 20 years. Nobody calls their baby ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

Life is short. You want your teen to spend 1 to 2 years on a campus full of unmotivated dullards, felons, strippers, mentally ill, and drug addicts — where 75 to 90% fail or drop out without a degree — and the "instructors" are bottom of the barrel, be my guest. I would never send my children to a community college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

Life is short. You want your teen to spend 1 to 2 years on a campus full of unmotivated dullards, felons, strippers, mentally ill, and drug addicts — where 75 to 90% fail or drop out without a degree — and the "instructors" are bottom of the barrel, be my guest. I would never send my children to a community college.

Ignorant. My relative just transferred from CC to a very well regarded university after failing out of a large state school due to partying/immaturity. Kid is doing great and is going to end up with a degree from a better school than she started in out of HS. I am a believer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

Life is short. You want your teen to spend 1 to 2 years on a campus full of unmotivated dullards, felons, strippers, mentally ill, and drug addicts — where 75 to 90% fail or drop out without a degree — and the "instructors" are bottom of the barrel, be my guest. I would never send my children to a community college.

~Yawn~ Nice try, troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't get a real college experience going the CC route. By the time you transfer to a four-year school — assuming you make it that far; the percentage of CC kids who drop out their first or second year is astronomical — your peers will have settled into friend groups and routines, moved off campus, and started preparing for post-college life. Freshman year is something every kid should get to experience, and unfortunately, you can't recreate it as a junior CC transfer.

Exactly. The drop out rates are upwards of 90%. And even if you successfully transfer to a decent four-year university, you're going to have few friends and feel like a dumb*** because the rigor at CCs is a joke.

If you're that hard up to save some money, just make sure your kid loads up on AP courses and dual enrollment during 11th and 12th grade. Every somewhat smart kid these days finishes high school with a year of college credits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

Life is short. You want your teen to spend 1 to 2 years on a campus full of unmotivated dullards, felons, strippers, mentally ill, and drug addicts — where 75 to 90% fail or drop out without a degree — and the "instructors" are bottom of the barrel, be my guest. I would never send my children to a community college.

You seem nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

You can get a good college education, in 4 year schools, for less than that. Given that the best financial aid goes to freshmen, starting at CC is often not the least expensive choice. It can be the right choice for some people, but certainly not for "anyone".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don't get a real college experience going the CC route. By the time you transfer to a four-year school — assuming you make it that far; the percentage of CC kids who drop out their first or second year is astronomical — your peers will have settled into friend groups and routines, moved off campus, and started preparing for post-college life. Freshman year is something every kid should get to experience, and unfortunately, you can't recreate it as a junior CC transfer.

Exactly. The drop out rates are upwards of 90%. And even if you successfully transfer to a decent four-year university, you're going to have few friends and feel like a dumb*** because the rigor at CCs is a joke.

If you're that hard up to save some money, just make sure your kid loads up on AP courses and dual enrollment during 11th and 12th grade. Every somewhat smart kid these days finishes high school with a year of college credits.

Go away.

[Anonymous]

I went from community college to a 4 year school. There was no noticeable difference between the two. It wasn't great for friendships but I graduated without debt. Many years later my friends who took on debt regret it. There are many reasons to go to community college.

One thing I recommend is checking which classes will transfer. Good luck to your family.

[Anonymous]

I'm the pp. I worked a full time job and took a full time course load my first 2 years at community college. It was totally doable for me. I worked from 6- 2 and then took classes in the afternoons and evenings and still had a decent social life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

Life is short. You want your teen to spend 1 to 2 years on a campus full of unmotivated dullards, felons, strippers, mentally ill, and drug addicts — where 75 to 90% fail or drop out without a degree — and the "instructors" are bottom of the barrel, be my guest. I would never send my children to a community college.

Oh no? But I bet you will come on here to post about how your little genius didn’t make it into Harvard and “how could that be.”

Well one of those unmotivated dullards saved her money and transferred into a great school her junior year. I’m now very successful and happy.

Good luck to you. Trust me, you’ll need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

You can get a good college education, in 4 year schools, for less than that. Given that the best financial aid goes to freshmen, starting at CC is often not the least expensive choice. It can be the right choice for some people, but certainly not for "anyone".

I agree that you can get your 4 year education for less than that. However, this whole threat started with OP lamenting that her kid isn’t getting accepted despite a fairly good GPA which tells me he applied to schools that cost about what I said.

Also, I agree that CC is not for everyone. I was more responding to people who never even consider it.

[Anonymous]

OP. I'm asuming money is not an issue. If it is, ignore my post.

We have kid that is not putting in the work necessary in HS. I suspect he will end up with a lower overall GPA. Anything that comes to him naturally, he gets As (Math, music).

We were thinking of sending him (when the time comes, in a couple of years) to a small LAC so there's someone to make sure he gets his work done as opposed to a CC where no one is going to care. Did you consider that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who doesn't at least consider CC for the first year is a fool. Undergraduate education is not worth $200,000-$300,000 that the universities are charging these days. It's simply not.

You can get a good college education, in 4 year schools, for less than that. Given that the best financial aid goes to freshmen, starting at CC is often not the least expensive choice. It can be the right choice for some people, but certainly not for "anyone".

I agree that you can get your 4 year education for less than that. However, this whole threat started with OP lamenting that her kid isn’t getting accepted despite a fairly good GPA which tells me he applied to schools that cost about what I said.

Also, I agree that CC is not for everyone. I was more responding to people who never even consider it.

I’m the OP and respectfully, wtf are you talking about? My kid is a junior. He hasn’t applied anywhere. As I said in the original post, we are considering CC for a number of reasons. I never said what they are.