<p>I’m not gonna lie, it has been extremely tough. I would like to believe that I have grown up a lot since high school, I actually graduated in 2010. I will be seeing a psychiatrist soon to get reevaluated for my medication, hopefully that helps. I do believe that I am up for the challenge though. Thank you for your wonderful reply, it’s good to know that I’m not alone.</p>
<p>Keep the stories coming.</p>
<p>I went to CCP (Philly) and it took a long time for me to graduate, but thank goodness for open admission. I graduated with an A.A. degree and Creative Writing certificate.</p>
<p>The school has improved tremendously over the years and I wound up learning <em>alot</em> - about art history, French, term papers, literature, etc. I grew academically and socially because of my experiences there.</p>
<p>I took classes in the morning, in the afternoon, and online and learned just as much with every type of class that I took. I found online classes I was worked a little harder than in-person classes and I appreciated that.</p>
<p>My GPA was close to honors when I graduated and I am now attending a private university in the Philadelphia suburbs and I would not have been able to do it without CCP. </p>
<p>But you DO have to work for your grades in community college. In many ways, I worked harder at CCP than I am at my university now, so many people at community colleges have certainly earned their grades.</p>
<p>My first semester of CC was fall of 1993. Hurricane Andrew struck just after I had moved away to school and I had to withdraw my first semester to ferry supplies home to my family every weekend. My second semester was not too great. I took 3 classes and got a C, B and an F. The next semester I had to withdraw to move home and help my family finish rebuilding the house. I took a class here and there and did not do well at all. I stopped bothering in 1995.</p>
<p>Flash forward to 2008. I started back at CC taking a few classes here and there after the recession ruined my career. I bounced around a few jobs with nothing solid, and after being laid off for the 3rd time in 3 years my family came to me with a plan to go back to school full time. It has not been easy, and I have been working hard. Now I am in my last semester at CC and have been accepted to University of Miami to get my Bachelor’s! Now I just have to figure out how I will afford it!</p>
<p>Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more…</p>
<p>Andy819,</p>
<p>Believe me, it will get better. I think I was an ADHD kid at that time, 40+ years ago, it was not known in my country. As a result, I suffered. I barely graduated from HS and for two years, I was not able to be accepted by college(there was no CC in my country) and I was drafted into the military. I wasted two years in the military and for a total of 4 years I did nothing. However, in the military, I grewed up and had put the ADHD behind. My parents believed in me, they sent me to America to be educated. In my no ranking school, I worked hard and earned the respect from the society when I graduated. Forty years since then, I have been a stand up person in the society, my dd is going to top universities and I just bought my home, paid in cash. I owe nothing, to nobody and you will too. go go go…</p>
<p>I was actually a homeschooled student when I started going to CC as a sophomore. I am now (or rather would be) a high school senior, and the past 2 years I’ve maintained a 4.0 GPA, which I plan to keep. I’m now full time there, and my plan is to transfer to U of I next fall as either a sophomore or junior. My brother did the same thing, and he’s doing his first semester at U of I now. We’ll see how it works for me, but I’m pretty confident I’ll be accepted. My experience at Waubonsee (my CC) has been pretty positive so far. I’ve had great, enthusiastic teachers, made plenty of friends, and put myself a couple steps ahead in my academic career.</p>
<p>I now study at a CC near Chicago as an international student, and has benefited much more than I thought I would have over a little more than a year.</p>
<p>I slacked off big time in HS and got rejected by colleges in my hometown, which are already known for their ridiculously low admission rates. I came here and had little trouble in science and math courses, but still worked my butt off on my English. I worked, I found a club, I made American friends.</p>
<p>One year has passed, and I’ll be done after this semester with 63 credit hours. My hard work paid off as I got accepted by UM Ann Arbor earlier this week. Looking forward to acceptance letters from other schools as well.</p>
<p>Myth: CC < college. FALSE. Students will still be given challenging topics of studies in upper-level courses. You can still be a failure if you don’t care regardless of where you are.</p>
<p>While I really disliked not being a 4-year college student when I started out, I will not deny at this point that my CC allows me to gain readiness before I step foot into a large school. I was provided with enough resources to make sure I could succeed academically. Some of the instructors here are even an inspiration to me, helping me make solidify my academic goals. Way to go, CC’s!</p>
<p>Good job wykjohn! Good luck at ann harbor.</p>
<p>My story isn’t complete yet, still waiting on being accepted or not but my story goes like this…In high school I was a big sports guy. 3 sport athlete and never cared bout school. Got a 2.1 my first year of HS. Brought it up to a 2.9 when I graduated. Thought I was going to play college baseball but never got looked at. Went to a community college and didn’t care bout class and partied too much. Had a 2.1 also in college after my first year so I decided to join the Air Force Reserves. Was gone for a few months and did some active duty while taking online college classes. Now I’m back home and after 2 years of no school I am in my first semester back. I have brought my GPA up from the online classes to a 2.7 since I have joined the military. Just applied to UCF for the spring and just waiting on the results. I will aslso try to walk on to the baseball team there. I really hope I get in. My girlfriend also goes there lol</p>
<p>Okay guys…I’m still a Senior in high school but i’m enrolled in the Spring 2012 semester for my local CC.
Starting semi-early with Introduction to Engineering and Related Technologies or EGN1.
This class is 3 units, and those units are transferable to any UC or CSU.
Yes, I’m from California.
I’ll treat this thread like my academic journal.</p>
<p>Signed up for an 8-week internship this summer that rewards a stipend.
Biggest thing on my mind is the AP Calc AB exam.
If I get a 4 or 5 I get to be placed in Calc II once I start at CC.</p>
<p>This is really inspiring.</p>
<p>Age:27
Hs GPA: don’t even remember…total slacker.
CC GPA: 3.9
EC: Phi Thetta Kappa Honor Society
At the end of Spring I will have 51 completed units (and slightly higher GPA-like 3.92). Originally planning on enrolling to Cal states for Spring (Since I complete my associates in summer), but with the csu freeze I began looking into private/out of state options. With many offering late deadlines for Fall 12 I have decided to look into getting some applications out. I feel much better seeing the success stories on this thread though! I really want to go to Northwestern or Loyola University MD-however I’m not in honors classes or any extracurricular. Just Honor Society. I do have some awesome professor recommendations so you never know! Any ideas/recommendations would be great. Keep up the good work @ those CC’s=big scholarships!!</p>
<p>Good post wilfer!</p>
<p>I love hearing these success stories! It just goes to show that second chances DO exist. Here’s my story.</p>
<p>Age: 20
HS GPA: Probably about a 2.6. I did well up until my sophomore year and then my father was diagnosed with gall bladder cancer. He was gone within 6 weeks of his diagnosis. I struggled socially because I felt like I could no longer connect to my peers and my academic performance declined. I rarely went to school and really it was an amazing thing that I simply graduated.
CC GPA: 3.9
EC: Alpha Gamma Sigma, Toastmasters, and I’ve spent a lot of my time outside of school volunteering with various local nonprofits. </p>
<p>I was just accepted to study Film and Television at UCLA (which has about a 2% acceptance rate).</p>
<p>Second chances are a blessing, so don’t waste them. And dreams REALLY do come true, if you work hard enough ;)</p>
<p>Great Stories! I’m considering going to a CC first then transferring to a four year school because of financial reasons. I’m a good high school student, but I worry that CC won’t prepare for the four year university workload. Have any of you been able to keep up the high GPAs after transferring?? Do you consider CC a lot easier?? TY.</p>
<p>Congrats on getting into UCLA film school!</p>
<p>Taking AP tests next year…they’re a big deal because they’ll weigh into the amount of time I’ll spend at CC.</p>
<p>9th grade drop out—>CC---->Cornell</p>
<p>I teach at a CC in NC that is 15 miles south of UNC-Chapel. Of the transfers, all have done as well at UNC as they did with us. The transfer majors included biology, nursing. PT, english, foreign languages, political science. This year five of my advisees transferred in (more for the college as a whole). All had issues in high school-depression, withdrawal from HS and later earning a n adult HS diploma, simply being unengaged during high school. Their GPAs at CC were all above 3.5 (one girl had a 4.0 with us).</p>
<p>Community colleges vary in quality. Find out where the college transfer students matriculate before you enroll.</p>
<p>Many, many years ago, I attended a vocational high school so was not ready to go directly to a 4 year school. I went to a cc, transferred to one 4 year school, hated it and ended up at a small LAC. Met many friends at the small LAC and loved my time there. Graduated in 4 years (counting my cc time) and ended up attending and graduating from law school.</p>
<p>Great post, hornet.</p>
<p>Stephanie, My kid is almost done with her first semester at her university, and it appears that her gpa will match that obtained at the CC (AA and AS degrees). She is handling the courses well and was well prepared. Seek out the best profs, the most challenging classes, join whatever honor societies you can for both fellowship and service opportunities, and you should be fine, and in fact I predict that you will meet some amazing go-getters while there.</p>