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What do you mean by "community college isn't for everyone"?
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<p>Just that -- they're not the right choice for everyone. Neither is Harvard.</p>
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...can one study something at a community college and study a completely different "career" in the 4 year college?
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<p>Most full-time CC students are participating in liberal arts programs. The work done at CCs is the same work done at most four-year universities in the first two years of study. Just as most four-year students don't select an actual major until their junior year, most full-time CC students don't really have a strict one, either. You can focus on any subjects you'd like to, such as math, English, history, political science, chemistry, or anything else, really, but you have a terrific amount of freedom when it comes to forming your own curriculum.</p>
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Is it easier to go from Senior in HS to University or from Community College to University?
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<p>In most states -- I know of no exceptions -- students who complete their Associate's degree at a community college are guaranteed acceptance to one of their public colleges or universities. As I said before, I have guaranteed acceptance to each of our five public universities in Connecticut, including UConn, once I graduate from my CC.</p>
<p>As far as transferring to private colleges go, most private colleges actively recruit CC graduates because they bring diversity to campuses, especially socioeconomic diversity. Some schools, like Williams and Wesleyan, have gone so far as to explicitly mandate that community college students be given preference over four-year transfers. Most admissions counselors will tell you that if they have two students with like stats, one from a four-year college and another from a community college, the community college student will be preferred. My community college routinely sends students to schools like Yale, Amherst, Brown, Mount Holyoke, Trinity, Wesleyan, Connecticut College, and other top-ranked institutions.</p>
<p>Top-ranked private colleges like Cornell, Penn, Smith, Dickinson, Fairfield, Grinnell, Boston University, Mount Holyoke, Clark, Northeastern, Drew, Columbia, Hobart & William Smith, NYU, Rochester, Willamette, Villanova, and Marquette, CC students in good standing with Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for two-year colleges, are given automatic scholarships or, at the very least, consideration for Phi Theta Kappa-specific scholarships.</p>
<p>The one problem most community college students face is the loss of some credits when they transfer; this, however, affects virtually all transfers, regardless of which type of school they come from. In order to avoid this, you need to make sure you do a liberal arts curriculum that is designed to transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Guidance counselors can work with you on how to do this.</p>
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Do community colleges accept international students?
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<p>Most do, yes. However, be warned that the vast majority of community colleges do not offer housing. This is because most community college students attend the college designated to serve their town, so there is no need to provide housing for them as they are commuters.</p>
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how do i know if that college is good?
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<p>Same way you know if any other college is good -- research it, meet with counselors and professors, visit it yourself, go over course listings, ask about how many transfers go on to top schools, and otherwise learn as much as you can about it.</p>