<p>I'm currently a community college student in California who is planning on moving up to the Seattle area this summer. My plan is to transfer to University of Washington, and I know that they give priority to in-state community college students.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what the best community college in the area is? Is there specific community college that typically is a feeder school to UW? </p>
<p>I've heard good things about North Seattle Community College and so-so things about Bellevue Community College. </p>
<p>Bellevue Community College is technically just “Bellevue Community”, as they do offer 4 year degrees I think. I live fairly close to BCC (or… ehm, BC I guess…) and most people from my high school, who go to community college, go there. I have a few friends in running start there and they think it’s fine. I’ve heard something about BCC being one of the best community colleges in the country. Depends on the classes, of course (because there are a few which are known to be easier then in high school).
I really like Bellevue though. BCC is like a 10-15 drive from downtown Bellevue which I love!
As far as community colleges go I have not much bad to say about BCC.</p>
<p>Only downside is I’m not a student there or anything and I haven’t heard much about NSCC, so these are just rumors from a local. ;)</p>
<p>Now I don’t think they give priority to those Washington community colleges over other Washington community colleges. Community college students don’t go for the best school, they go to the closest.</p>
<p>From what I’ve heard, transferring credits from BCC (though now it’s just “Bellevue College”…but only the people who go there call it that XP) to UW is…difficult. Seriously, I’m pretty sure they may not take BCC credits at all, but I don’t know exactly. The same may be for North Seattle. </p>
<p>I’ve got friends at both BCC and North Seattle, and I’ve taken classes at BCC…the people at North Seattle seem to like it more. BCC takes a lot of running start students, I don’t know if North Seattle takes less, but I don’t know anyone doing running start there. Not to offend anyone on here, but BCC is kind of a joke at my school, but North Seattle seems a little more legit. </p>
<p>But in short…I’m pretty sure BCC does NOT feed into UW. It’s annoying but understandable–why waste appr. $48,000 for two years when you could take the first two years at BCC for $16K while still living in Seattle? </p>
<p>EDIT: holy crap when I posted this like four more posts popped up…I’m sure everything I wrote is wrong, but it’s what I’ve HEARD. Take it with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>I go to Edmonds Community College and I’ve done a lot of research on the different requirements. Washington doesn’t accept more from one school or another, but the best Community College in Washington is Cascadia Community College, it has been ranked one of the best community colleges in the country several times (recently got #2 in the country in one magazine), with a very high graduation rate and test scores. Go to whichever college is more convenient for you, and look into what programs are best at each one.</p>
<p>I chose Edmonds because I went there for running start when in High school and it is close by, either way UW takes approx. 30% of its freshmen class from community college transfers. If you’ve already completed your basic requirements in high school I suggest just getting into UW yourself, if possible, the classes are boring as hell… oh how I wish I could just be studying some interesting English work. </p>
<p>Good to know that Bellevue isn’t as bad as some of the online reviews put it out to be - I checked more of them, and it seemed like it was just a few people who had bad experiences there. </p>
<p>I’ll definitely check out whether or not UW accepts credits from Bellevue as that’s a huge deal obviously if they don’t. Thanks again for the replies.</p>
<p>BCC is definitely a respectable community college, and going to it for 2 years would save you tons of money, especially since you’re out-of-state. Currently the tuition is 8k for out-of-state students at BCC, but more than 24k at UW. That’s quite the difference.</p>
<p>Depending on whether or not your parents pay for everything, you also have to factor in the living expenses associated with living in the Seattle area. Being from California, you’re more than likely already used to them. :D</p>
<p>Sorry for the late reply, but yeah, California is much, much, much more expensive (especially the bay area, where I live). </p>
<p>I have one more question, though. I know U Dub has much harsher criteria for non-residents. I wouldn’t be able to get residency, unfortunately (as UW determines it by where your income comes from). So if I was an in-state CC student (in Washington), as a non-resident, would I just be in the same out of state tier I’m in now? </p>
<p>I’m gonna call the admissions office tomorrow or the day after and I’ll post back here after I do.</p>
