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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to teach in a big urban university who gets a lot of transfer students from community colleges. They always seem to have a weaker foundation than those who started at the university as a freshman. Maybe it is a selection issue, but I would think twice to send a bright kid to community college if you can at all swing it financially. [/quote]What were you teaching?
How long ago was this? How did the weaker foundation manifest itself?[/quote]

I was a professor of Economics. This was 7 years ago. The transfer students typically had weaker math background. For example, one of my student did not know what a log function was. And he was smart, but he had to do a lot more remedial work.   It seemed to me that generally transfer students were not as prepared in independent learning. They just behaved more like high school students than college students. . I was teaching a required course for business majors and I could often tell who were the transfer students without them telling me.

There is also the issue of peer group. Statistics say that those who started at community college are much less likely to graduate from a four year college.

I am not saying that community college is not a great option for some students. I just think it is better to avoid it if you can.

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