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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Transferring was normal in the 80s and 90s around the country.  Many people started at CC just to get the basic classes out of the way for less money. [/b]Maybe DCUM is full of people who grew up UMC.  In the middle class, this was NBD. Paying extra for the social benefits is extremely privileged.

My kid didn’t get into UVA but did get into another top 10 public.  It’s turned out to be cheaper than in state UVA but he is still considering coming closer to home.  The unfortunate thing is that a 3.8 at a top 10 public has less of a chance getting in than a 3.8 from NVCC.  
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I don't think so. I grew up very middle class near Philadelphia and I can't think of anyone from my class (1992) who did this.  Those of us who attended college all went to 4 year colleges out of high school--not super elite schools but 4 year schools.  My husband grew up in North Jersey and this wasn't the norm at his high school either.  Kids did not go to elite colleges but they went to 4 year colleges.  [/quote]

Maybe you didn’t have a big CC where you grew up. But if you were in PA, you know lots of kids who went to a PSU branch campus then transferred.  Same idea. In the 80s and 90s those branch campuses were basically CC level. [/quote]

DP: There was a major CC in the Chicago area where I grew up middle class (late 1980s) and none of the "college prep" students went to community college--that was, like it is now, most commonly the route for those not quite ready.  [/quote]

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