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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No I would not OP. CC is for first gen folks and poor high school performers and low SES people.[/quote]

This is false.  For a lot of reasons. Starting with—low SES and first gen kids qualify for extensive need based aid. UMC kid do not. You either do not live in this area, with a high COL and very strong competition to CA state schools, or you live in a super affluent bubble within the NOVA bubble. [/quote]

And if your UMC child had decent grades and test scores, he/she would receive [b]a merit scholarship to one of the hundreds of 4-year institutions which offer them[/b].  The academic quality of faculty and peers at a CC cannot compare.  Please don't delude yourself.[/quote]

Look, it all depends on the amount of merit scholarship. Not everyone is Upper Middle class making 250.000 or more. Lots of people make around  100.000 per household and do not qualify for aid, especially if they are educated and not a minority.
Besides, decent grades do not mean much and unless the student is in the highest 5% of the group with an SAT higher than 1500, the parents have to come up with a minimum of $50.000 per year (In addition to merit scholarships) which is quite tough for people who are right above the poverty level. [/quote]

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