<p>what is the difference between going to a university right after high and going to a cc?</p>
<p>can u explain this from a social, educational, and anything in between standpoint?</p>
<p>Well first you can save a couple grand as for socially and education wise it differs among schools. However, one thing I can say, you don’t meet as many people and it’s not the same atmosphere as a 4-year. The education is also not quite the same, since you are learning form people with only their masters (although there is a few dr.’s) instead of PhD’s, although a professor that taught at a 4-year once told that having a CC instructor is better because they actually care about teaching you lower division whereas professors at universities only really care about upper division and grads.</p>
<p>One cool thing about community college is the class sizes. I have not had one single class that had over 30 people in it. Every single one of my teachers knows my name and I have regular interactions with them. Unless you go to a LAC or something it will be hard to find that kind of personal attention in lower division work. Also many of my teachers do or have taught at 4 year universities. Usually those who succeed at cc's are self driven and independant. You do not always have stellar class mates to challenge you.</p>
<p>yes everything these guys said is true.</p>
<p>peace</p>
<p>One advantage of going to a 4 year university straight from high school is that you ahve more financial aid opportunity. For example, there are tons of university grants for UCLA, but only two of them are for transfer, and the rest are left for either freshman applicants or continuing students. Also, you dun really get the benefit of meeting various people, the good dorm life and all that social benefites that's limited to a 4 year institute.</p>
<p>However, one biggest advantage of going to a cc is the MONEY. Even a public univ, if you include in housings and all that it costs well over 20k. In cc, even if you include the books, it's barely a 1k. You save tons of money.
Also, classes are smaller, so you get more interaction and personal attention from the prof, so it becomes much easier to get good grades.</p>
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<p>While it's true that one can meet lots of people and enjoy the dorm life, it isn't necessarily true for all people. For example one could possibly not make many friends and really enjoy the dorm life because it really just isn't guaranteed. If a person meets various people it is because of that person's personality. For example you could have one student who goes in as a freshman, make not so many friends throughout the freshman and sophomore years, and not really enjoy the dorm life (some people actually hate it). You could in contrast have someone who transfers and ends up better off in his or her social standing than many freshman admits simply because the transfer is just more likeable. But that's just one example explaining that not everyone necessarily has an awesome freshman and sophomore year. I talked to a UCLA representative who interned at my high school and who was a fifth-year senior and she told me that the dorms at UCLA sucked and that she has to commute each day from home.</p>
<p>Think about it. If one attends a party school does it necessarily mean that one is going to get laid everyday? Of course not. You go visit campuses like UCSB and you find people who aren't exactly great looking and don't really fit into the party scene either.</p>
<p>But of course, it would be much better off to be the brilliant student who cruises through courses in some lucrative major and ends up getting a high GPA while enjoying an awesome social life for four years in college.</p>
<p>I myself went to a CCC before transfering to a UC and I am now in graduate school. Here is my take.....</p>
<p>Social
CC was very temporary feeling as I never hung with kids from school, except girls I met to introduce to my drinking buddies from h.s. The atmosphere is very un-academic as many people are there for the wrong reasons such as staying on a parents insurance, cant pull their **** togther etc. I will say that if you want to work hard and learn nobody is stopping you and there are many great resourses at CC such as small classes. </p>
<p>I found the kids at my UC to be very maladjusted, there was a sense that it was basically a mating ground for kids who couldnt get laid in H.S. I almost felt bad for the kids at the UC in the reverse way I did for those at a CC, one group cant socialize the other cant spell, all causing a multitude of issues.</p>
<p>Educational
Grades at CC were very easy however I did better at a UC 3.4 as compared to 3.6 because the classes are so damn big that as long as you can master the bluebook and scantron your good to go. I feel that along the road of life there is always going to be people that dont care and I found that my CC and UC both were equally educationally challenging.</p>
<p>I think a major reason people who go straight to a UC claim a better general education is they cant stomach the fact that the **** ups go to their schools and they protect that 2 years with their life (my sister was like this, she got straight a`s went right to a UC cant fathom me rgaduating with a better GPA after being expelled from H.S)....even though its basically a) intro class with 400 kids at a UC or b) intro class with chain smoking dropouts at CC, take your pick.
Financial I have a UC diploma that cost me less than 5k dollars, I will take it.
-> just FYI check say UCLA or UCSD intro courses with those at local CC`s you will find many UC teachers moonlight at CC.</p>
<p>the difference? about 10K</p>
<p>fitzgerk, well said.</p>