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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Plenty of people in this world live in less than ideal conditions.  If parents don't have the money to pay for college and the student doesn't get enough FA or scholarships, they may have to take the less than ideal route of CC.[/quote]

Absolutely, but I was responding to someone who seemed to not understand why anyone would do anything other than go the CC-to-college route. I'm explaining why some people prefer their kids to go straight to college, even if it is a financial stretch for them. My kid has been bored even in some of his AP classes. He is chomping at the bit for deep, intellectual discussions of meaty topics and has found it frustrating that this isn't a priority for many of his high school classmates (even in the highest-level classes). I think CC would be a mistake for him--much more of a turn-off than a turn-on, and I would move heaven and earth to get him directly into a 4-year college. For some kids it might be a better option to live at home and commute to GMU (especially if AP credits mean they can jump directly into some upper-level classes) than it would be to go to CC and then transfer, even if the transfer was ultimately going to be to a top school like UVA. (Especially given the fact that it is not always easy for transfer students to 4-year colleges to become deeply involved in the campus community, if that's important to you or your kid.)

As I said earlier, on page 1 of this thread, there are too many unknown variables in this equation to give good advice to OP. It depends on what the family's EFC is, what the family feels it can actually afford, and what caliber of student we are talking about.[/quote]

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