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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What people aren’t mentioning is the social cost of attending a CC. The residential college social experience and the attendant networking are what makes college so special in the US. Tagging into a UC as a junior makes for a very lonely existence. You can read all the personal accounts in the various UC subreddits. I wouldn’t do that to my kid.[/quote]

I attended a CC in Calif before transfering into Cal.  I didn't find transferring into Cal as a junior "very lonely"-- I lived in a small co-op, worked part-time jobs, volunteered in the community, and joined the bike team.  Please note that you can have a "very lonely existence" at Cal even if you start as a freshman there if you don't have social skills/confidence. For me, it was absolutely fine to take the risk of possible social delay in the Cal community because I couldn't see taking out loans just because it could possibly be socially awkward to join as a Junior.  Cal is so big that 1) no one cares that you are new and 2) you can find your people.

N.B.-- I believe I received a better education by having my first 2 years at CC rather than at Cal.  My classes were actually more demanding than Cal in the sense that they were taught by actual professors  (many retired from Cal), in smaller than Cal groups, with more work demanded-- I.e., a paper due every week, and I'd get feedback and opportunity to improve based on the feedback-- something I didn't get until I was a senior at Cal. At Cal the first 2 years are (generally) classes that are large and taught by a TA and you are graded based on performance on only 2 exams in the semester.  At least that's how things used to be at Cal in early 90s.  I kind of missed having more "work" due because I really liked getting feedback from the professors at CC.

It's a shame that CCs don't have better reputations in the DC area. [/quote]

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