<p>Lots of students go to community college and then transfer to the good state universities to complete engineering degrees.</p>
<p>However, note that community colleges tend to have lower grading curves or less grade inflation than selective four year universities. And the other students in the engineering prerequisite math and physics courses may be smarter than you think, since those courses are only of interest to those intending to transfer to a four year school in an engineering, physics, or math major.</p>