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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "cheapest" option, community college, wouldn't have been a good fit for me because of my field of study, it was also a situation where, at least at the time, the kids from my high school who went to CC did so because they didn't know what else to do or because they didn't get into the closest state university.  I took a couple classes over the summer there and it was like being back in my worst gen ed classes in high school with other students sleeping, being disruptive, etc.

I sometimes wish I had chosen the cheapER option that still would have been a good fit for what I wanted to do- I still would have had to take out loans but not as much.  Ultimately, the small college I attended helped me achieve my career goals and I was able to pay off my loans eventually, but it did hamper my choices in my 20s/early 30s.  [/quote]

Bingo. Folks who recommend CC for an above average student are idiots. Outside of maybe a random single course to take over the summer and transfer in (if your university will even allow it), it’s a pointless waste of time and just ruins your social life and segue to university. You miss out on all the freshman connections.[/quote]

You’re an idiot. [/quote]

This forum is full of people who would send OTHER people’s kids to CC. Or are trying to rationalize why their unmotivated kid went to one or why they are control freaks who forced their kid(s) to live at home and commute to a local college. If your kid is bright, CC is a waste of time and just produces atrophy and torpedos your kid’s social life and experience they’ll get out of university once they transfer. [b]Lot of fun being the weird CC transfer kid doesn’t have any friends from freshman year[/b].[/quote]

20,000+ student universities are nothing like what you describe here.[/quote]

Oh really, did you go to a state school? How many community college transfer friends did you make? :roll: And that was presumably 20 or 30 years ago before social media and cell phones. Unless you're transferring into a college you already have a lot of best friends at, it's going to suck.[/quote

I transferred from a 4-year to 4-year college in junior year, and so did a close friend. Neither of us had any problem making friends. Community college students had an advantage over us, too--most community colleges have many of their students transferring to the same 4-year university, so the chances that a friend is going, too, are pretty good. Similarly, many Penn State students at branch campuses transfer to University Park with a good number of friends.

I'm sorry your experience was different.[/quote]

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