<p>I'm a current high school senior. I just got waitlisted by my safety school and I'm beginning to look at community colleges as an option. So far I've found De Anza and Foothill to be fairly good choices from what I've seen, but I'm not sure which one to choose. I'm willing to consider different community colleges around the bay area as well. My main goal is to transfer to NYU, but I'm also interested in top tiered UCs (UCLA, UCSD, UCD) for communication. </p>
<p>So my questions are...
What exactly are the main differences between De Anza and Foothill? Is one considered "easier" than the other? Is it possible to transfer out early if I already have a few college credits? Are there any other local colleges that have high transfer rates to NYU?</p>
<p>De Anza and Foothill are under the same educational arm - the De Anza/Foothill Community College System, although both are obviously different schools. Both should offer a sufficient array of courses to meet your educational goals and indeed some students apply and register for courses at both campuses at the same time.</p>
<p>De Anza is a much bigger school, closer to the bigger cities (i.e. SJ), and probably offers more options clubs-wise.</p>
<p>Foothill is smaller both in size and in student body. It’s kind of secluded out in some hills.</p>
<p>Some people think DA is easier, but I think they’re generally the same - DA just offers more sections for courses and so students have more options when selecting classes and professors.</p>
<p>You can apply as a transfer to NYU (and most other private schools) with as many credits and you see fit, but UCs are different. You need to meet a lot of requirements including 90 quarter units (60 semester units), which typically takes 2 years to complete (less time if you also take summer courses). Those units should consist of general education courses plus major pre-requisites (pre-reqs differ by UC campus). Some campuses are impacted for certain majors, so applicants for impacted majors must fulfill other reqs as well (higher GPA, etc).</p>
<p>Hope this basic info helps. Let me know if you have more specific questions with DA and Foothill.</p>
<p>Foothill and De Anza are among the few CCs on the quarter system; most others are on the semester system. Most UCs are on the quarter system, except for UCB and UCM on the semester system. CSUs are a mix of quarter and semester system schools. It may be slightly easier to get one-to-one course mappings for the same semester or quarter system at the CC and the four year school.</p>