<p>@eyethink</p>
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<p>Twist,</p>
<p>Same here. Sent my little brother to UCSB and my family scraped together some money to make sure he got to dorm so that he wouldn’t miss out on the “college experience.” As for me, I don’t care either way. While I have never had a problem being social and meeting people and building friendships, I don’t think I’m worse for the wear by going to a CC. </p>
<p>Thanks for the links. I saw the second one and it was as annoying as the original. I find that the vast majority of people complain about the darkness instead of lighting a candle, especially at CC. As a consequence, they perpetuate the stigma of being a CC student. Though I do occasionally watch Community on NBC and find it hilarious.</p>
<p>@kidcrasher, i think depending on where you want to study abroad you can fit it in really easy. I plan on studying abroad in Korea for a year (hopefully). the reason why i say where you study abroad is because certain schools only allow you to take certain courses while others let you take any class you want as long as you know the language of the place you are studying at. but yeah, if anyone who has studied abroad after transferring has more insight im sure everyone would like to hear about your experience.</p>
<p>I think it depends a lot on the individual. My D & my niece both attended CC. D applied to her dream 4-year college after her 1st semester of CC & transferred after 3 semesters of CC. She got a lot of credits, was able to sort through different majors and explore a lot of options so she could focus on them after she transferred. My niece was able to continue her part-time jobs while getting credits at a lot of CCs so she didn’t have to take as many courses at the CSU she transferred to but will still get her degree.</p>
<p>My D was able to keep in touch with her HS friends and her transition to her U from CC was pretty smooth and she has a lot of friends–some from HS, some from the P/T job she got the day after arriving on campus, some from classes she’s taken. For the most part, she doesn’t feel she’s missed out on “the college experience.”</p>
<p>I also transferred after my 1st year in college to an OOS U. I was very happy there & made a lot of friends and have no regrets about missing the “college experience.” When I visited the freshmen dorms as a sophomore, I found them noisy, crowded & unappealing. I much preferred the upperclassmen dorm, where I was housed as a transfer. I hadn’t enjoyed the rushing & pledging a sorority I tried as a freshman either.</p>
<p>Of course, mileage varies widely. One thing is certain, graduating with crushing debt will limit the options of a lot of folks down the road. Saving this fate by getting credits at CC & gaining whatever experience you can at the same time is a great investment in yourself!</p>
<p>Top-16 list fail lol. Thanks guys. :-)</p>
<p>I did SBCC online for 2 years, I always had a lot of fun and I desperately wanted to get into an apartment so I could be down there… the school truly is just…incredible just…wow wow wow wow.</p>
<p>It really depends on the individual. </p>
<p>If you are really open and realize that everyone wants to make new friends, when you transfer you will be fine.</p>
<p>Use their existing networks to expand you own. Go out to clubs and activities and meet people. Obviously if you do what you did at C.C , A.K.A go to class then go home then obviously you’ll be really lonely</p>
<p>Peterr86,
some of the CC’ers have needs that can’t be fulfilled under the given amount provided by financial aid, so most of them work to provide extra income; an example of that is buying a used car and having to fix it multiple times. </p>
<p>With that being said, there can’t be time to even eat in peace without thinking about school work. And besides, sparing a three-hour session once a week isn’t a big deal, but it boils down to that massive weekend following that counts as participation is.</p>
<p>Unless you have a EFC score of 10,000+, not save any money for college, have parent that refuse to help at all ,refuse to take out student loans, or under the age of 24 then that might be the case.</p>
<p>However if this was the case and you went to college as a freshmen, your college experience will suck as well so no difference either way. </p>
<p>With a EFC of 3,000 which is about 50 grand income your room and tuition is covered by F.A+ small amount of loans and if you have maybe 5,000-10,000 saved up, you usually don’t need to work while attending the 2 years</p>
<p>yes we miss out on the “traditional” four year experience we see on TV and such but you can always have fun no matter what point you are in life, even as a transfer student in college ;)</p>
<p>Peter86,</p>
<p>we all have our ways. Some of us never bother to take loans even though they are offered, since we can work for every dollar ourselves. </p>
<p>Working is unbearably hard, especially standing 7-8 hours behind the food stand, such as in my case. As for the OP, I think it’s wise that he gets all this info down so he gets the gist of how community college life is like.</p>
<p>Money earned is harder than money spent; keep that in mind.</p>
<p>When I visited UCI, it made me feel like I was walking through a giant community college. The atmosphere and the whole disconnected feeling created by the huge population of commuting students really made it feel that way. I still applied because my dad is faculty and he wants me to give it a shot at at least applying there so if I change my mind, I can live in Irvine so he has an apartment to crash at for when he’s ever there a few times a month but I really don’t want to have to go to another community college-like place. I’m guessing we aren’t missing much if we want to end up at a commuter school. The buildings looked nice at UCI though :)</p>
<p>check this out:
<a href=“http://www%5B/url%5D”>http://www</a> . students review . com/CA/UCIR_c.html
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<p>It seems like students are happy with UCI overall… and if you scroll down to “Vs. Competing Schools” you can compare UCI with other UCs.</p>
<p>It depends on what type of person you are socially. </p>
<p>Have you missed out on living in dorms or participating in the typical “4-year-only” activities for freshmen? Probably. </p>
<p>I don’t know about you, but I made a lot of friends at my CC, had some great relationships, parties and other fun adventures. When my friends were freshmen/sophomores at UC campuses I visited them from time-to-time and had fun, but it also taught me that “college life” was not like it is portrayed in the movies. Not every night is a crazy Van Wilder inspired dorm party thrown. </p>
<p>So if you’re bored at home and bummed that you didn’t get to attend straight out of high school, I can garuantee you have an equally bored counterpart living at a UC campus somewhere in this state. But be happy that you have earned the right to have the option to now attend such great schools and try to have some fun in the process.</p>
<p>Meh. I did not care about my prom and I do not care about the “college experience”. I spend my summers abroad and living in Europe. Way better than living in a dorm and taking part in dumb frat parties. One of my favorite memories as of now is riding my bike in the middle of a field in a beautiful small village in Upper Austria. You just can’t beat that IMHO.</p>
<p>BTW, I can’t stand living with people. So the “dorm experience” sounds more like a nightmare to me. Last time I had to live with someone, I went bonkers and threw water on them. I just can’t.</p>
<p>^^^
Pretentiousness FTW! Do you ride your bike asking people for Grey Poupon?</p>
<p>It is people like you that are first to get eaten during the Zombie Apocalypse. Thinning the herd I say.</p>
<p>I have hated every moment of my two years at community college. Do to moving, I wasn’t able to see any friends from high school, and the community college I went to served a large rural area, with people coming from as far as an hour away. while I made a few friends whom I meet occasionally. I been basically friendless and depressed for the last two years.</p>
<p>psshhhh manaluna, some people on this board still think that frats are cool.</p>
<p>Yes, community college is depressing. And yes, you will be lonely and surrounded by people who don’t try at all and it can become discouraging. The plus side is that you save a lot of money, you can go at your own pace (hopefully fast, to get out), and you have a second chance to go to a good college if you screwed up in high school. This you already know.
Community college students are missing:
a) Communal showers
b) Living in a small room with another person in a dorm (who you don’t know)
c) Paying a LOT of money to do a and b
You’re missing out on bonding with other freshman and attending frat parties, yes, but will that affect your happiness and successfulness in the long run? No.
There is housing for transfer students at most universities–you can bond with other people in your situation. Also, most universities are so big that the feeling of being an outsider and that everyone has already bonded because they’ve been there since freshman year doesn’t really happen. You’re going to meet new (and probably more intellectually stimulating) people. This is just going off of a lot of people I’ve met at my CC (in Sacramento), but I can guarantee you that at a UC you won’t be the “new kid” considering the size of the school, not to mention the number of other transfer students. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’ll tell you which school you should go to if you REALLY want the college experience. It’s hard for transfers to get into, BUT the Claremont Colleges are HANDS DOWN the BEST place to go for the college experience. It’s a highly selective liberal arts college, graduates from one of their colleges are the highest paid in terms of where students got their bachelors degrees from, ANDDD for the fun part…They have the time of their lives! Everyone I know that goes there actually describes everything like the typical college experience. Everyone is kinda required to live on campus or something so there’s none of that commuter college bull*****. I don’t want to go into detail about everything, but it highly resembles Van Wilder. They still study hard but they enjoy every second of college.</p>