California Community Colleges

College Search & Selection Community Colleges
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Hi,
I am an international student. Due to unexpected circumstances, I am left with the decision to attend a California community college before transferring to a California university to complete my studies. Do you guys have any suggestions on good California Community Colleges with high transfer rates and in an area where living costs are in a much more reasonable range (because I will be living on a college student budget :stuck_out_tongue: ) Thanks!

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Try this link for transfer admits and GPA :

http://universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/admissions-source-school

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If you want reasonable living costs, stay out of SF and the area across the bay like Berkeley, Emeryville, etc. The costs are nightmarish, the commutes are hell, and the Peralta colleges system (BCC, Laney, Merritt, and College of Alameda) are all awful. I’ve heard good things about San Diego City College and Diablo Valley College specifically.

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If you want to go to Berkeley or Davis, you cannot do better than DVC. However, it’s a super expensive area.

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http://www.assist.org can show you which community colleges have the best coverage of the courses you need for your target major at your target UCs and CSUs.

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Hi all, need some advice as well.

As my daughter,s score on SAT was not superb, she finally decided to go to a California CC first for the 2 years and then transfer to UCs or other better rank universities in other states during the remaining 2 years. So far she has in mind Foothill/De Anza, Diablo Valley college, and College of San Mateo/Canada College.

My questions are:

  1. Which of the above community colleges has a better reputation and better transfer rate to top or better ranking universities?

  2. I heard that some California CC has a transfer admission gaurantee(TAG) agreement with UCs and CSUs, how does that work?

  3. If my daughter wants to transfer to UW after 2 years, is it better to go to a Washington CC instead? However, my rationale to choose a California CC is that my daughter will have a better chance to go to a California University (just on public universities there is already 9 UCs and 23 CSUs. Even if she choose those at higher tiers, there are still 4-5 UCs and CSUs to choose from? But in Washington, the best known ones are UW & WSU only).

  4. How are the chance like if my daughter study at a California CC and transfer to UW versus study at a Washington CC and transfer to UW after 2 years?

Thank for your advice in advance!

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@ebsclsgs: You need to start a separate thread with your questions. It is considered rude to hijack another posters thread.

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Ooops sorry, will start a new post.