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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a huge advocate for community college/upward transfer path, particularly for late bloomers and undecided majors. Your daughter [b]will get lots of support[/b], and her grades at community college will be a better indicator of future performance at a four year, not to mention that many of the state flagships have transfer agreements in place for associate degree earners. I say this as a person who has one kid with an Ivy degree and one who will take the two year to four year path. Both are valid options for higher education.[/quote]

Community college sounds great on paper, but the reality is often quite different.  I volunteer with organizations where a number of the students involved go to CC.  From what I gather, the community colleges don't really provide a lot of support--and the grading can be very erratic.  I know a lot of kids who started out thinking they were going to do a transfer to UVA, W&M etc. and all but one ended up at GMU (which most could have gotten into direct admit) or just got jobs they could get with a HS diploma and drifted out of CC.  The one student I know who got all As in CC transferred into W&M and did really poorly once she got there--the quality expected in research and writing was just so much higher.  It was devastating to her because she was a very hard worker.[/quote]

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