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[b] It is great there is such an option for kids who need more time to come up to speed academically or who are in a very unfortunate financial/personal position to start a four year college. It is silly to suggest this route to academically high achieving kids. 
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This is false.  It's a very sensible system and financially makes a lot of sense.  For some reason, it's just not popular on this forum.  In California, many TOP students go the community college transfer route (my cousin, included).  Many from my public high school did it.  https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/[/quote]

I'm also from CA, and while it was a very popular option, it definitely was not the "TOP" students.  I just looked at my program from graduation (mid 90s) and none of the students listed as having a 4.0+ or 3.5+ went to community college.

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I actually do know someone doing this right now. They graduated last year from HS and had around a 4.0 at their NoVA public school and knew that that was not enough to get them into UVA. They definitely would have gotten into several other VA schools, probably including VA Tech, but they had their heart set on UVA. They have been doing NOVA for the year, have great grades and a very intense PT job. They just applied to transfer for next year, but of course if they keep their grades up and take the required courses, they are guaranteed to get in the year after. This was a conscious choice and they did not even apply anywhere else.
I actually do know someone doing this, one of my DS's friends. [/quote]

Yes, nice anecdote but what was the student missing with 4.0 GPA that he needed to go to a community college? Course rigor? Regardless anecdotes are anecdotes. There are thousands others who don’t find this relevant or appealing to them. [/quote]

No they are not missing anythign and took APS and DE courses throughout. They graduated HS with an associates degree already. This person has their sights set on medical school and felt that saving money on community college and then going to their dream school was the best plan. Frankly, pretty darn mature. I'm glad they applied to transfer for next year and hope they get in, but if they don't I'm sure they will the following year.[/quote]

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