<p>How hard is community college, au contraire, a private four year university?</p>
<p>ummm like 98% of the time much easier?</p>
<p>My son is taking dual-credit classes at a community college. He said some of the students in his college algebra class thought that 3/9 x 3 was 9/27! In history, he seems to be the only one reading the text. I like to tell him, "It ain't Harvard!"</p>
<p>Your community college experience is all what you make of it, whether you attend for financial reasons or you're unsure about where to go or what to major in. I attended a community college and I absolutely loved it; it's something about the atmosphere. Also, a student coming from a community college should most certainly never be looked down upon. Myself serving as an example I went from a community college, earned my associates degree and am currently working on my bachelor's degree at Cornell University. Taking that leap from Community College to Ivy League University is something all should strive for and in the end you have the best of both worlds. I just get so angry when I hear people speak of community college students in such a low demeanor. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>i would say the main difference would be in student competition</p>
<p>during my first year at college, i was dual-enrolled at a private top-50 (well, barely) school and the local community college down the street. I did this so I could rack up as many credits as possible. </p>
<p>Here's what I say:</p>
<p>about 50% of the time, my private school was harder.
the other 50% of the time, they were either equal in difficulty or the CC was harder. </p>
<p>I was really surprised at the type of people who were in my CC classes. I thought it'd be just a bunch of high school dropouts, but in reality it wasn't. Most of these kids didn't come to the CC anyways. The largest crowd consisted of just smart students who couldn't afford anything else. If I had to do it all over again, I would have taken more classes at the CC - they were soo much cheaper! There were many professors from my private school who also taught at the CC, and most of them used the same course materials and so forth. I can recall more than one occasion where I'd see either my english teacher or econ prof. from my private school on the CC campus. In general, I liked my CC classes better ... they were smaller and most of the professors were alot better for some reason. </p>
<p>Of course, compared to most colleges that are discussed on this board, CC will be easier. Typically it seems like only the top 25 or so calleges are "worthy" for discussion. The only thing that I didn't like about the CC was the fact that it wasn't an "elite private." Oh well...</p>
<p>I don't see why people look down on CC students. It doesn't automatically mean they weren't good enough for a private university; some of the most successful people/ceo's started at community colleges.</p>
<p>pliz, never ever look down on CC & its students!!!!</p>
<p>I know of many good people who went to CC, transferred to university and became very successful later in life.</p>
<p>Even though their beginning was not spectacular, they became as successful as any ivy graduates.... a late boomer :)</p>
<p>I started out as a nontraditional student at a junior college and ended up with a masters degree from the #3 ranked program of its kind from a huge research university.</p>
<p>My JC experience was great. I was editor of the newspaper, and SGA rep, and a member of several different honor societies. I also made lifelong conections with faculty members and have returned as an adjunct instructor mainly due to those connections.</p>
<p>Your college years will be what you make of them, and remember, from the JC you can go anywhere.</p>
<p>More than a few states have exceptional community college systems. And competitive 4-year schools acknowledge this and admit promising cc alumni as transfers. I know a cc transfer whom was admitted to U of Virginia undergrad and eventually received a law degree from a "top 20" law school. UVA has a very good reputation among cc students seeking to transfer.</p>
<p>if you are wanting to know about your personal CC, go talk to the department chairperson and ask to see the syllabus of a class you are interested in.</p>
<p>Where I attended, the math was harsh! much harder than high school classes. they are known as being harder than the local university. the humanities classes were easier -- not as much in-depth thinking and writing -- more stuff on the surface (summarize and clarify type stuff)</p>
<p>CC is easier than 4 year university.</p>
<p>"He said some of the students in his college algebra class thought that 3/9 x 3 was 9/27!"</p>
<p>if he's surprised, maybe CC is good for him...</p>
<p>Any other comments?</p>
<p>C'mon, I need more responses.</p>
<p>what responses are you looking for? You have gotten plenty of good information.</p>
<p>Just as there is variety in public high schools, there is variety in ccs. I know two individuals who went from cc to top notch unis (Wellesley, for instance) without a blink; no comments on a change in workload or difficulty level.</p>
<p>Okay, but are CC courses = to AP in the demand?</p>
<p>no, easier unless you went to a crappy highschool.</p>
<p>Some community college classes are a lot tougher than AP classes.</p>