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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had very high sats and ended up at MC for a semester before going to UMD (family reasons) 15 years ago. It was great. I got to take chem and physic and engineering 101 in a class of 30 instead of 500 and learned a ton. Had very engaged professors, ended up tutoring calculus since I had APnin high school etc. it was a good adjustment. I misse dvery little in terms of social life and folded in just fine. I had scholarship money otherwise I could have stayed a year and everything would have transferred.  I’m glad I got to miss some crazy big weed out classes at umd. [/quote]

I'm one of the posters who's skeptical about the idea of the community college promotional effort.

But, obviously, there are going to be diamonds in the rough.

Signs of that:

- It's in a state like Maryland that takes community college funding seriously.

- The community has a lot of good employers in the field of interest. A community college anywhere near NASA facilities, for example, might get some great STEM instructors. I'm sure there are a lot of great writing and filmmaking instructors at community colleges in New York and Los Angeles.

- A lot of the community college students would be interested in a topic. I'd expect many community colleges to have solid classes in areas like nursing and culinary arts.

The challenge here is that, if you get a C in what turns out to be a bad course at UMD, you avoid mentioning that grade. If you the same thing happens at a community college, you might not be able to transfer to UMD and may not get full credit for the class. [/quote]

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