<p>how was your experience at CCC and did anyone like it? for me you don't really get the college experience as most of the students are older and have kids and people add and drop classes like crazy</p>
<p>probably the worst years of my life</p>
<p>yeah... you don't really want to go to a CCC unless you really have to</p>
<p>I love it. Very relaxing, no crazy ass curves. Many professors DO want you to learn, since that is their sole job. Univ. professors are too busy with research. The whole college admissions process is alot more relaxing because transfer agreements too. Every agreement, even prioritized agreement really helps increase the pool of safety schools. With TAP, UCLA, under certain circumstances, can be a safety school (not recommended though...using UCLA as a safety school steals spots away from other qualified students). With adcom's not disfavoring CCC students with excess units, scheduling becomes much more creative. As long as every semester has a full unit load, one can stretch difficult classes across several semesters which makes it easier to get better grades.</p>
<p>It's also GREAT for dual majors. I don't have to take course in both of my majors at once for fear of not completing major requirements at time of graduation...since there is no graduation. By completing all prereqs, side breadths, some additional preparation for my upperdivision courses, i'm in a much better position to score high marks at whichever school I transfer to. </p>
<p>If certain units don't transfer, I can retake the class for free A gpa booster.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, with all the ways to manipulate class loads, which professors to take, and such, becoming Valedictorian is actually within grasp...</p>
<p>yah probably one of the worst times of my life, i hate communting to where there's too many people, no parking, bad teachers, no priority registration so you get some bad werid scheduling of classes and the most laziest people ever and you don't even know why their in school. Also i hate how some teachers take attendence and are really strict on it</p>
<p>I really like my CCC right now, I don't know about you guys not having friends or social life at CCC but I have got lot since i entered. In fact, I got more social life at my ccc then I was in high school. And I think I have more college experience and social life than those at UCSD</p>
<p>Now that I think about it more, yes. Socially it sucks...but then again, I had way too much fun in high school while everyone else was working hard to get into college. I see it as just taking turns...my buddies in high school worked hard first, as such they reaped "college experience" first...we worked hard later...we get the experience later. :D</p>
<p>I loved it cuz I befriended some great professors there and it gave me the opportunity to work full time on an area where I USED TO want to pursue (Accounting, now that I have some idea on how a typical Accountant's life is, I began to rethink over my goal of being an accountant... not somethign I had expected.). Those who go to 4 year university tend to spend less time on their work (most are part-time) and spare more time on academics (due to the nature of heavy courseload), therefore they actually lack the opportunity to "experience the real world". Most CCCers work full time, therefore naturally get better wages/income and is able to build real World experience in their area of study, which will stand out far better in Resume than those who spent most of their day inside a classroom/library. </p>
<p>You know, come to think about it, if I have not attended CCC, I may never have gotten my tax preparation certification and who knows... I might have wasted away my time getting drunk in college parties instead if I had chosen a 4 year university instead. </p>
<p>Overall, I think CCC has helped me shape into a more mature more individual.</p>
<p>The only thing i didn't like about ccc was priority registration and schedule issues. Other than that i loved my ccc experience and i think it's the best decision i've ever made. I'm saving so much money here and i agree with walnut about the no competition/crazy curve. Made my experience less stressful. I think i've learned a lot. I have met some great professors who has taught me a lot. Besides transferring from ccc to a uc is much easier than getting into a uc straight from hs. </p>
<p>Socially, it's not bad for me. However, it did suck for me during my first semester. Afterwards, I've met a lot more people and made some friends. Probably cuz i'm a science major, so i see the same people over and over again in my classes. I guess we all need the same classes. That was how I made friends, mainly through my science classes.</p>
<p>Also I've taken advantage of several opportunities offer by my ccc to build my resume. Overall I'm very satisfy with my ccc experience. I guess its what you make out of it. It can be bad or it can be great. You gotta take advantage of the opportunitities offer by ccc. I'm gonna miss the semester system when i transfer.</p>
<p>CCC hasn't been that fun for me. I have met some very nice instructors with genuine passions for teaching and others that just do it for the money and pick and choose which students to focus time on. Some teachers will not even answer a question I ask and say, "You do it, I can't help you with that." And they chuckle and smile as if I'm some airhead that didn't know I was being discriminated against. W/E this isn't my chance to rant but to explain why certain things need to be changed in this world.</p>
<p>I feel the career center does not adequately build relationships with surrounding firms to offer students with the opportunity to advance. As far as being a business major, I would certainly not recommend going to a CCC that does not have a reputation for building students and providing students with the tools/time neccessary to enhance the resume. I'm not saying that the schools should get us the jobs but rather the opportunities are more difficult to find. Especially, since most top flight students are taking heavy courseloads, involved in extra ciriculars such as volunteer work etc and ontop of all the hours, work part-time or full-time. So we don't have enough time to scour around for jobs.</p>
<p>Although, the less time spent studying has built up a decent resume that got me into UCI/UCSB/UCSD for bizecon/management science and it is quite an achievement considering that I have not participated in any campus-related extraciriculars in the past 2 years.</p>
<p>Scheduling issues do start to suck when you're down to your last 30 or so units. I mean, I have huge 2-3-4 hour gaps everyday and even a 1hour 20 minute class on friday. So it stinks not being able to go out on college night(thursday).</p>
<p>My highlights:</p>
<p>-saved money
-gave me a chance at better schools than I would've gotten into during HS
-reletively small classes, good professors (many of them have taught at various institutions including UC's)
-met a girl (too bad she didn't go to the CC but a UC :[ )
-was able to work a cool government job close to home
-met some very intelligent people</p>
<p>negatives:
-missed out on first year
-a lot unmotivated/lazy students doing pretty much nothing but taking parking spaces and class seats @_@ (come to think of it, I think it rubbed off on me too, but thats my fault...ha)
-stigma of being a CC student (i got over it but peoples perception of you may be different..i don't know)
-living at home
-school counseling is not helpful, if at all
-driving 15-20 minutes to get to school
-driving 15-20 minutes to ge to school and finding out class is cancelled
-some other stuff, but i have to go to class now</p>
<p>Many (but not all) 4 years don't require that you take the SATs if you're transferring from a CCC.</p>
<p>what is CCC?</p>
<p>What is CC? (community college?)</p>
<p>CCC = California Community College
CC = Community College
C = A very bad grade you get when you slack off</p>
<p>eh. well... i had gotten into some ucs in hs but circumstances came up so i couldn't go. if i could redo, i would so prevent those circumstances from happening lol. </p>
<p>i mean, my CC has some amazing, brilliant teachers and the flexible scheduling was very much appreciated. But, counselors didn't seem to know what they were talking about when it came to transfering, it's not always an uber-motivating environment (some teachers & students have really low standards..), and there's always, AlWAYS, some obnoxious kid straight out of hs (selective offense) that is ready to zoo-up the classroom atmosphere for everyone. oh darn it all. it just wasn't that great for me. =(</p>
<p>yes i liked it, I have matured in the past 2 years and have learned a great deal.</p>
<p>yah there's pretty much no social life, people just come and go, and your right about the lazy people taking up parking space and class seats. I had this class once where i walked in and all the seats were filled and i thought they were registered in the class and there were people satnding around also cause there were no seats and when the teacher asked who wanted to add everyone in the seats raised their hand and with a month left to go in the semester there was only like 5 people left. Never go to PCC, they have too many people, no parking, bad scheduling and registation. I hated high school and thought that was bad but sometimes i think CCC is worse</p>
<p>commuter schools, most of them. just make life interesting outside. pick the best professors. be social in the classroom. balance life. no one finds CC interesting. i mean i'm glad i went there bc i've learned a lot and i've been presented opportunities i would not have had if i went straight to UC. going to CC has been the best decision i've ever made. of course, this is not true for many people. college and life is what yOU make of it.</p>
<p>okaybear: I agree, I was my own counselor during my 2 years at my current CCC. I merely seek advice for answers that I can't find in the catalog etc. I just don't see how an application that lists a bunch of campus related extra ciriculars is going to enhance my admission as a business econ major. It just makes more sense to work and build companies rather than leading a bunch of socialites through a beach cleanup and then pollute the earth by building a huge bonfire and then getting tanked and leaving the beach all dirty afterwards. The CCC social life is just too bubbled for me. I need diversity, and range.</p>