<p>I have decided to attend the University of Mississippi over Georgetown and Vanderbilt, and I have decided to take some courses on my weaker subjects at a local community college. Will graduate schools like Georgetown/Vanderbilt/Brown look down on the fact that I took courses from a community college?</p>
<p>Yep, admission committees would understand that grades earned at a community college are not the same as grades earned as part of a degree program. If these courses are required for your major, maybe you should consider taking these with the professors in your department at University of Mississippi. However, if these courses are general education requirements that aren’t part of your major, then don’t feel bad about taking them wherever you like. A piece of advice though- make sure the credits will transfer or you may end up retaking the some classes. Wouldn’t that be a bummer.</p>
<p>I respectfully disagree with belevitt. There are lots of people in graduate school right now who started out at community colleges; in addition, I have some credits in college from AP classes I took in high school and those were still counted. If they are classes within your major you may be better off doing them at the university (and your university will probably require you to anyway). But any classes outside of your major, I don’t think they would “understand that they are not the same as grades earned as part of your degree program.” If you are taking them for credit at U of M then they ARE part of your degree program.</p>
<p>And since you are going to a public university, likely most if not all of your community college credits will transfer, although I agree that you should check first to make sure. Look at colleges with articulation agreements.</p>
<p>But if you just got into college, why are you already anticipating taking classes at a community college? Wait until you actually get to school to decide where and when you are going to take classes in your “weaker” subjects.</p>