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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a variety of reasons, it’s looking as if going to community college then transferring to a four-year university may be the best path for my child. If your kid has done this, could you share your experiences, tips, advice? (Please only your own family’s experiences, not what you’ve heard from or observed in others.) [/quote]

I have experience with this with both a family member, and as a high school special educator who makes sure to keep in touch with kids who have gone on so I know about their experiences.

The kid in my family who tried to do this, was a kid who had done poorly in high school due to major issues with executive functioning that impacted his grades in high school.  Those issues continued in community college, and the disability support services there were lousy.  They ended up flunking multiple classes, and were not eligible for any kind of guaranteed transfer.  They went to a specialized program for kids with LD, got their grades up, and then went to a small private 4 year school with excellent disability services and did well until covid.  In my experience, if a kid's reasons for picking CC are because they didn't do well in high school and it was attributed to maturity or executive functioning or a learning or attention disability or a mental health diagnosis,  community college is not the solution, or at least Montgomery College is not the solution.

On the other hand, I know kids who did this for other reasons, and it was a great experience for them.  For example, I know kids who started high school with no English, so the first few years of grades were rough and impacted college admissions.  They did great.  I know single parents who did great.  I know kids who had medical issues that prevented them living away from home, who did great. Lots of homeschooled kids do this, because they  start college classes while they're in high school.

So, my thought is that it really depends.  [/quote]

Thank you! Great perspectives on this. [/quote]

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