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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our son ... didn't get accepted into the flagship ... because he didn't have the right classes due to bad advisement. [/quote]

I graduated in three years because I read the requirements obsessively and met with advisors.  I see students trying to apply or transfer and then getting disappointed because they overlooked criteria.  State universities are bureaucratic and process tens of thousands of applications.  If you are going to survive in a large organization then you need to be self-motivated and check all the boxes.  You didn't even mention the SAT score, which makes me suspicious that it was bad, or that he did not take it.

Other countries have 3-year or 5-year college degrees.  Many students take a gap year to travel.  Many students are on the 5-year plan, often because of an internship, a junior year abroad, or majors like CS and engineering with extensive requirements.  Then some go to graduate school.  Business school is 2-years and law school is 3-years.  Medical careers and Ph.D.'s take longer.   Indeed, many Ph.D. students in their late 20's realized they are not going to be superstars and quit to make money.  But graduating college at age 21 versus 22 is nothing.

You son is immature and short-sighted.  Indeed, many teenagers think all colleges are the same, and an "A" from a community college confers that same knowledge and standing as an "A" from a Harvard or MIT honors course.  If here merely wants a degree, he could enroll in an online program.

Based on the history, I'm concerned your family might be delusional about the prospects for future transfer.  Hopefully admission officers would reward community college students who sacrificed and demonstrated maturity by taking an extra year.  But it would be bad to wait an extra year for nothing.[/quote]

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