<p>I was taking to some teachers at a some local university's I just toured, and they seemed to make fun of the community college. Saying that it was only slightly higher then high school classes. I myself some what agree on this, after taking cc courses over the summer. What is your toughts on community colleges?</p>
<p>They are easier than UCLA courses but much harder than High School courses. This is only my opinion based on my experience. Everyone has only an opinion since noone has extensive experience.</p>
<p>courses at our local CC are about on a par with courses at the best local high schools, and much more challenging than the worst local high schools.</p>
<p>I think that community colleges are like other colleges in that they vary in quality. That said, the community college I had attended many years ago was perhaps easy, however, I had some wonderful teachers and learned a lot from them. I also found that I was probably better prepared for a 4 year college right out of high school, because at the community college, things were quite lax... we were often able to retake tests, do extra papers for extra credit, etc. While these things made getting a good grade easier, they also reinforced what was learned -so it wasn't all negative. All in all, like I said above, I think they vary... and even within the college itself, you can have some fantastic teachers and some awful ones... like anywhere!</p>
<p>I'm enrolled in two courses at a community college right now, and I must say I haven't found them particularly challenging, though I don't know how they compare to the local highschool courses (I'm homeschooled).</p>
<p>It's hard to compare when some CCs are as good as state U's or better, and some are at high school level.</p>
<p>In order to succceed at ANY school you are going to have to put forth effort. Getting A's at a Community College is not easy.</p>
<p>I agree with shyboy</p>
<p>Ive already finished the distance learning General Psychology course I enrolled in at a Community College this semester. It was easier than my high school. I never even watched the lectures. All I had to do was read the assigned chapters, review the word list at the end of each, and take the multiple choice test. Voila! Easy A. I dont think it was worthless at all, though. Now Ill be able to avoid sitting in a freshman class with 300 students next year listening to a lecture by a professor whod rather be doing something else. I also got what was needed from it which is a working knowledge of the terminology the real goal of most freshman level college courses. Now Ill have that GE out of the way at most of my choices which will free up time to take something more interesting or really dig deep into my major. Well worth the $250 it cost, IMHO. If the college I go to will let me get away with it, Ill knock out a couple of more GEs that way the summer after my freshman year.</p>
<p>The way I understand it, the way things are supposed to work is that you go to a LAC or University to get an education and you go to a community college to learn a trade like car repair, hair styling, or being a lab tech. Nursing is a big program at some, too. In my home state, the community college nursing grads actually do better on the nursing board exams than the university grads and their training only cost about 1/4 as much. Again, sounds like a good deal to me if thats what youre into. </p>
<p>One other advantage Ive heard about is that for freshman level GE type courses, the teachers are often better in person than a lot of the professors at some universities. Makes sense because their sole purpose for being there is to teach not do research. Many also work in the field they teach instead of having been sequestered in the ivory tower of academia their whole lives like a lot of professors so youll get practical, real-world stuff youll miss at a university. Sometimes its not how hard the course is that counts, but rather how much you learn and those factors are not necessarily dependent.</p>
<p>Not all colleges provide the same level of challenge, so not all CC are going to either. Students that start at CC and transfer save money because the costs are lower and they usually live at home. CC allows students who didn't focus in high school to improve their GPA and get into schools that would not have accepted them immediately after HS. Like everything else, it depends on the school and the teacher.<br>
It doesn't surprise me that profs from a 4 yr college look down on the CC, but they serve a good and valuable purpose.</p>
<p>You can save boat loads of money at community college. If you are paying for school yourself, you would be a fool not to take as many courses as possible at the local CC, be sure to check the transfer guide to make sure all the courses transfer.</p>
<p>My Two cents into the pot. Do not confuse ambition with education or even an education at top flight school. Use the school (education) to help you get what you want. Its even OK to change what you want. Keep in mind that plumbers make more $$ than MD's and do it with a lot less headaches. The most important things in life that I've learned was not from formal schooling: Know how to use the library (now internet); Know who the leaders are and learn from them and not from the whiners; Think for yourself, make and live by your decisions, don't believe everything you hear (especially during election years); Live by the Golden Rule. and just because someone says that they do-don't believe them-but its important that you live by the rule.</p>
<p>although i agree with shyboy, but what what i am facing right is the worst… I am going to a community school right now, it’s the worst school I have ever been. this school decided to hire a bunch of immigrants who can barely speak english to teach math and science. remind you i am an immmigrant myself. I understand that some CUNY schools are eligitimate educational system, but why is mayor bloomberg allowing the educational system to fail college students. i seriously think mayor bloomberg to thouroughly review some CUNY Schools.</p>
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