<p>I feel completely suffocated and worthless attending a community college. I graduated from a top notch all boys school in nyc and talking about a cc was considered a taboo. How do I get rid of this mindset?</p>
<p>I went to a CC for a year while I boosted my grades up so I could transfer to rutgers. I felt the same way, whenever someone asked I made sure to specfically tell them it was just to improve some grades after slacking off freshman year. </p>
<p>Most people just tell you it’s good that your in school and such, sometime will get that “oh…” response but just use it as motivation to get good grades and go to a “real” school.</p>
<p>cc will put you back down to earth, and that’s probably much better for you than continuing on with an elitist attitude thinking you should be embarrassed to go to a cc.
Just enjoy the experience, thrive while you’re there… and then when your buddies are in a heap of debt after graduation and you’re not, the tables will turn.</p>
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<li>Get over yourself.</li>
<li>CC =/= failure or whatever negative stigma you’ve attached to it.</li>
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<p>Several successful people have attended CCs. Heck, my step-father briefly attended a CC and now makes six-figures as a judge.</p>
<p>Realize that your small little preppy rich kids school is a miniscule, microscopic fraction of the entire population. There are probably more people in a lower-level class at Ohio State than there were kids in my entire high school. There are a lot of people who go to community college and then end up graduating from a four-year.</p>
<p>Lol. The best way to avoid embarrassment is to make sure and tag on that you WILL be (not that you are PLANNING on) transferring to “x” university after. I got lucky and had the excuse that it was free (because it was) on top of probably 1/3 or more of the graduating students in my area also attending (again, because it’s free).</p>
<p>Say you got admitted to Cal Tech, but you decided to go to your community college to keep it real.</p>
<p>Why would you be embarrassed? Typical rich kid.</p>
<p>But when I meet new ppl what will they think? Especially if I run into a NYU or Columbia student. They’ll just snicker and walk away. :(</p>
<p>How about we start with the body image thing before we worry about what people think about your secondary education?</p>
<p>It’s not that simple. Manhattan is overloaded with elitists.</p>
<p>Dude… losing weight takes time.</p>
<p>Misogynist?!</p>
<p>See you’re implying being at a cc is a bad thing? :(</p>
<p>Besides losing the weight, what are some ways I can combat being picked on in a cc enviroment?</p>
<p>Losing weight takes a long time? Well so does a school year. Everything takes time. Have to start somewhere.</p>
<p>How many classes should I start off with? Also, I have to start taking the subway. I’m 20 and I’ve never taken the subway alone!</p>
<p>oh no the subway</p>
<p>Just be smart, don’t keep your iPod and other expensive stuff out in plain sight, and stay out of bad neighborhoods past a certain hour and you’ll be fine. NYC is pretty safe especially for a city its size.</p>
<p>NYC is the safest large city in the country. We have a comparable total amount of violent crime as Omaha, Nebraska, which is hardly 1/16 the size.</p>
<p>You should only feel ashamed if you’re studying something worthless. I’m studying calculus and physics at my local CC. Nobody’s laughed at me yet.</p>
<p>Physics is only worthless if you’re not doing something Cheezit related.</p>