<p>I know, I know, a big difference. The thing is, CC is the only college experience I know. So I was hoping that some people on here could comment about their transition from CC to UC, the differences they noticed, their experience. Also, if anyone could comment as to their experience of being a freshman/sophomore at a UC, that would be interesting to me as well. </p>
<p>I hope this doesn't re-spark the "transfers are unprepared for UC" attacks. I'm doing the best I can to get a good education without unlimited funds.</p>
<p>Here has been my experience at CC: 1-3 classes per day, either MW or TR. Classes either back to back or with a short break in between. Come home (20 minutes away) and study 1-3 hours per night (depending on my courseload), holding study groups either in the library (really the only place to study on campus except the quad or maybe a computer lab) or at a friend's house maybe once per week. Some classes are open book or allow a "cheat sheet", at least 2/3 of my classes have offered EC. In general, each exam covers 3-4 chapters (the exams that cover 4-6 chapters are generally open book or at least allow a cheat sheet), a chapter in the book is covered over 1-2 lecture days, only about 1/4 of my finals have been cumulative. The only difference between honors classes and regular classes is a little extra reading, an extra presentation, and/or a paper or research project. Nobody lives on campus but there are night classes, after 10pm and before 7am the campus is a ghost town. Class sizes range from 20 (in the honors classes) to 120. You pick what classes you want to take and, if you have a lot of units, you can generally get the classes at the times you want, being able to do research on RateMyProfessor to determine whether to take one class over another. Grade scale is A=4.0, no +/- so if you get a 90% it counts the same as 100+% in the class (which ends up making me bored at the end of the semester even though I have a 4.0). I've only had 2 professors grade on a curve, and one of them just started the grade scale at the highest grade on the exam, calling that 100% and working from there. Most students work, very few are involved with student organizations.</p>
<p>So...any thoughts?</p>