<li><p>How are you financially supported to pay for your college junior year? Are your chances limited more than if you were to applied in highschool?</p></li>
<li><p>Do most schools prefer you to do 2 years or can i just do 1? I really don’t want to spend any more time necessary at cc.</p></li>
<li><p>What are your opinions about online courses offered by the cc? </p></li>
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<p>My preferred schools would be anything above state universities. Maybe bu or along that line. Thanks</p>
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<li><p>I did not entirely understand your question. To the first part, junior year of college is paid for the same way other years... a combination of your cold hard cash, perhaps students loans, and depending on the school perhaps some grants or scholarships. Most 4 year schools are much more expensive than 2 year cc's, so this requires planning on your part. There are some students that have financial support from parents and others with no support from parents. Often the grant/scholarship aid is more from private schools than public, but not always. Sometimes a 4 year school is just not affordable for a variety of reasons, which is why some people end up working a few years or going to school part-time. As for the second part of the question, if I understand correctly, there should be no major difference beween applying right out of high school vs. transfering after 2 or more years at community college. Some schools have better transfer rates (Berkeley is easier to get into as a transfer...23% vs 33%) and some schools have harder transfer rates (Stanford is about 10% out of hs vs 1% transfer).</p></li>
<li><p>Depends on the school. Some are specific in saying they want someone to have their 2 years of general ed done, others don't care either way. You'll have to research the specific schools and figure out their policies and tendencies. I first went to a highly selective 4 year private college...now at a public CC and preparing to go to a different 4 year college/new major. I can tell you that the professors and classes I've taken at CC have matched and at times exceeded the instruction I recieved at the private college. Don't knock the CC until you give it a chance.</p></li>
<li><p>As far as I can tell, my transcript does NOT differentiate between the online courses and inclass courses I've taken (2 total). That's not to say at some future point some sort of designation might not be attached to the online courses... but for now... it shows up <em>exactly</em> the same. Just in the same way my transcript doesn't say "English 101 with a lamo-easy teacher" and "Political Science with a super-hard teacher" ... even though I put in 10X the work and effort and results in one class or the other - they all just show up as "As". Etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Don't knock the state universities until you check them out... some state universities have very strong programs/majors. San Jose State University - by all accounts not a very exciting place for many majors... its Electrical Engineering Department is ranked something like #10 in the nation! Also, depending on your major and career path - sometimes going to a CC and doing VERY well can put one on a path for getting into a competitive Masters/Doctoral program. I will use San Jose State as an example again... their biology program is not necessarily highly ranked, but it is more than competent, and the students in pre-med get the kind of attention and experience needed to get into highly selective medical schools. Go figure. Then again, San Jose State has some majors in ruins - such as the English Department, which as of a few years ago, was falling apart at the seams. People still can get a good English education there, but the problems were many and the reputation of the English degree, esp at Masters level, is still currently very low. Bottom line - do the research and ask around!</p></li>
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<p>Annika</p>
<p>i agree with annika..</p>
<p>sorry I guess I should have clarified my first ?. What I meant to say is that are you chances for a good financial aid package seriously diminished than if you had apply as a freshman than as a transfer from a cc.</p>
<p>I got accepted to 2 state UNis but I would go to the farther one but I don't want to live far from home and I just don't like the other state UNi.</p>
<p>If you are referring to classes that also hold the option of letting you take them online, then it shouldnt be a problem. You can only do this for a small percentage of classes(e.g. ones w/ no labs, discussions, etc.).</p>
<p>However, if you are referring to something like the University of Phoenix(i think they advertise on this site, lol), then avoid at all costs.</p>