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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. My DC would never, ever agree to even consider a CC.  Maybe learned that from us, maybe not, but many many college-bound HS students simply won't do it.

2.  Risk:  what if the program changes only after a student enters CC?

3.  Risk:  If the goal is CC to Top-Public, the grade requirements aren't a cakewalk.  The 2+2 program is not a guarantee and admission to the top-3 (UVA, W&M, VT) remains challenging.

4.  Could be harmful to have CC on one's transcript, for some grad school admissions in particular.  
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Regarding point 2) The number of community college transfers are capped at UVA/Tech/William and Mary, but from the reported statistics, the number of admitted transfers is well under the cap.  I imagine that if a large number of kids started transferring and taking spaces, the transfer requirements would change but this does not seem to happy, per point 1.

About point 3) My personal experience and my with family members is that if you were a good student, you would really crush the community college grades because many of the other students were not very committed or trying to get top grades because they were too busy working.   However, if your student is not very motivated, Community college can be a big time trap because it is so inexpensive, it becomes entirely normal to take years and years to finish a two year degree.  I would only allow my kids to go to community college if they were full time and not working to finish in 2 years.

About point 4) I did not see this effect and it certainly did not prevent my classmate at UVa, who had a 4.0 GPA at NoVa, from getting admitted at Harvard medical school

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