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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For a variety of reasons, it’s looking as if going to community college then transferring to a four-year university may be the best path for my child. If your kid has done this, could you share your experiences, tips, advice? (Please only your own family’s experiences, not what you’ve heard from or observed in others.) [/quote]
I'm also disregarding your request because it's my own experience, not my child's, but I think it might help.

I have posted on this before.  I went to Santa Barbara City College for not two but three years, and got a degree in graphic communications.  I worked and lived at home.

I transferred to UCLA and lived in a room in someone's house the first year, then in someone's garage for the rest of the time.  It took me three more years because at the time the general education requirements for each UC was different, and I had done the requirements for UCSB, not UCLA, so had to take extra classes.

I graduated summa cum laude, did a couple of internships in DC, and then went to Harvard Law School.  (Then into BigLaw yada yada)

I had no money and no hooks.  My mom had remarried when I was at UCLA, and it blew my financial aid, but my stepfather stepped up and compensated.  So I did always have my food/housing taken care of, but other than that, I was really scraping by and often didn't eat until I got home so as not to spend $ on food on campus. [/quote]

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