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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally, I'd push the 4 year route.  They will feel "less than" if they go CC and everyone else goes 4 year. (Not true, but they may feel this way.). It's also not the college experience.  It's a lot like high school.  I also think they will get better supports at one of thee 4 year schools you mentioned.  If they do well, they can always transfer to another, more rigorous school if that's what they want (but thy may love it there and that's good, too).

My kid is a late bloomer and went to a school folks disparage on here.  After a year, has applied to transfer and has gotten into schools folks here really respect (T25-50). Kid went to college and took it very seriously, working their tail off and it paid off.  They are smart, just a bit of a late bloomer.[/quote]
Your kid might as well have gone to cc, then.

FWIW, my kid is also a late bloomer, and I am not sure how well they will be able to take care of themselves if they went away to college.[/quote]

I’m the person you quoted.  My kid would have hated CC!  She wanted the experience.  She was ready for the independence.  She found some motivation that I had no idea she had at her college.  I think because she was a big fish.  Her achievements there have been amazing and that never would have happened for her at CC.  I think CC can be the right fit for some.  It was not for her and we knew it.  She rose to the challenge and after one year is headed to a much more competitive school.  She realizes it will be harder but she is incredibly motivated to succeed and knows how to ask for help when she needs it.  She was just not ready for the college selection process last year and did not take it seriously and although had a amazing grades junior and senior year, did not have the rigor she would have needed to get into the same school last year.  She proved herself and I doubt for her that would have happened at CC.[/quote]

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