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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why no community college suggestions??? This is the perfect scenario to take advantage of community college and then transfer after a couple of years. No shame in community college. [/quote]

Outside of nursing, dental tech, and some skilled trades, community college is a joke. And I say that after a 25 year career in higher ed. Community colleges are not serious places -- literally 80 to 90% of the students never complete their program. And the "instructors" are frequently bats*** morons.[/quote]

And I say, as somebody who has known dozens of people who have gone to a community college and then transferred to a better school, I think it’s a good option (also would they be included in that 80-90%?). OP’s kid is smart and is going to have access to plenty of support,[b] and can probably get a good GPA because classes there are easy. [/b]I think it’s a great stepping stone to a four year school  (yeah it’s an adjustment but it’s an adjustment after high school too).

However it looks like OP has gotten some great options to look into that aren’t CCs so there’s that. [/quote]

Thank you for making my point. It's a joke and a waste of the prime of the kid's life. And if you studied this at all, you'd realize community colleges can actually contribute to the regression of solid students, i.e. the young man will fall further behind his peers who went into real universities. If the kid dreams of becoming a nurse or something along those lines, by all means, but otherwise avoid at all costs.[/quote]

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