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[quote=Anonymous]I'd rather pay for my not-yet-ready kid or so-so-academic kid to go to a CC than pay tuition at a big university for them to flunk out first semester/year.

I'm not in that boat, but I have three good friends dealing with that right now.  Two brought their kids home after their first semesters ended in December and the third's kid was just notified that they will be on academic probation in the fall and if a 2.0 GPA isn't reached, he'll be released.  Of the first two, one was a legacy who wasn't academically up to par with where they were admitted (UVA) and the other one wasn't emotionally ready for college (should have been red shirted, IMO, but parents pushed to get her admitted into K at 4 w/ very late bday).

FWIW, my sister was dealing with some health issues her senior year and chose not to go away to college.  She was planning on just doing 1 year at CC but was shown the benefits of doing 2 years and getting an Associate's Degree before transferring.  She did that, transferred to Dartmouth for undergrad in Biology, and then went to Johns Hopkins for med school.

Plenty of successful people start off at a CC.

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