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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would listen to Warren Buffet's views on college and send my kid to community college first and have them work too - gain life and work skills while saving two years of potential debt.  Transfer to a school of choice for the last 2 years which makes them appreciate the experience of that school even more and gives them that school's name on their Bachelor's degree diploma.  [/quote]

It’s nice to be Warren Buffet, I guess. Meanwhile most kids already attend public high schools and work part time. College-bound kids without a lot of family money should know that most FA and merit money is only available to FTFY freshmen. And a kid without wealthy parents cannot “transfer to a school of choice” because nearly all transfer admissions are need-aware. [/quote]

You are misguided on a few things.  FA is not only available to freshman.  It is absolutely available to transfer students.  And all kinds of financial scholarships are as well.  Also, the DMV happens to have some of the best community college's in the country.  And these 2 year schools have high acceptance rates in their pipeline programs to 4-year colleges across the country including colleges and universities with more difficult acceptance rates for typical freshman.    [/quote]

FA rules changed for transfer students this year at many T25 schools. [/quote]

As you know, there’s about 3975 other schools.[/quote]

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