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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ my cousin did it that way (community college) then transferred to a California University.  And guess what?  Her GPA was much higher than it would have been had she done all four years at the Cal University because grading was easier at the community college.[/quote]

I live in CA, and I’ve heard of more kids doing this. You can save on 2 years of higher tuition, and apparently it is easier to get into some competitive University of California schools as a transfer student versus directly from high school. My concern would be that the kid does not stay focused and never make the transfer...[/quote]

Yes, this is becoming much more common in CA. I think the old stigma of community college is really eroding there as it's become so hard for strong students to get into top UCs.  I was just visiting friends there and a few have kids at community colleges, working to transfer to UCLA and Berkeley.  In one case, the community college student had two older siblings who went to UCLA several years ago with lower GPAs/SATs than she had but it's just gotten so much harder to get in.  She only wanted to go to UCLA so is taking the transfer route and is very focused on making it happen.[/quote]

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