<p>One of my good friends at Cornell transferred here from CC. It’s possible.</p>
<p>I had a friend who attended Fullerton College and she mentioned how many of thr students who attended there end up getting accepted as transfer students (the percentage was a high one). She was accepted into CSU:Fullerton. Another friend attended our local CC (Saddleback CC) and was accepted into UCLA this fall. Both got the grades to earn their spot!</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what CC you go to. As long as it is accredited, you are good to go. Get that 4.0 my brotha LOL.</p>
<p>The best reason to go to a community college with your credentials is to save money. The only way to save money is to live at home and commute. I wouldn’t even consider a cc that isn’t commuting distance from home. Of course if you have a relative or someone else to live rent free with that is doable too. Housing and food costs run 7-10K at most colleges, even crappy ones. Renting an apt and cooking for yourself saves alot but is still costly. I know plenty of students who started at cc and transferred to highly selective schools. Make sure you sign up for the most challenging courses at cc and get all As. All courses at Sinclair cc in Dayton OH are guaranteed to transfer to any state college in OH. The transfer application will always ask why you are transferring and they are totally cool with “I went two years to cc to save money, was the top student in all my classes and now I am interested in finishing my education at prestigious U…”</p>
<p>You could get a full ride/full tuition at a lot of four year colleges…</p>
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<p>Your stats upthread do make it worthwhile to apply to Berkeley and other UCs, assuming that you can afford it (note the Blue and Gold Opportunity grant top-up to systemwide in-state fees if you come from a family with income under $80,000) (although you may have missed the deadline for fall 2012). However, you cannot enter directly into the business, economics, or ORMS major as a freshman at Berkeley; all of these majors are capped and require current students to complete prerequisites and apply to declare them (with a high enough GPA). However, if you want to do finance from the math or statistics side of things, these majors are not capped, so if you enter Berkeley as a freshman, you can declare these majors after completing the prerequisites.</p>
<p>For community colleges in California, go to [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) and check which ones in your area will fulfill the most prerequisites for your desired majors at your desired UCs and CSUs. You may take courses at more than one community college to maximize prerequisite coverage before applying to transfer.</p>
<p>Just be aware that only 10 or 20% of students who start at a CC with the explicit intention of saving money en route to a 4-year degree actually get that 4-year degree. CCs can have a culturally negative effect on succeeding. I have no idea what type of stats the typical student that does this has, and you are probably higher than the norm, but be aware that going to a school where the majority of people wont graduate with their 2-year degree and aren’t as dedicated as you can have a negative effect on motivation. </p>
<p>This isn’t a knock saying CCs are useless – they provide an important role in our educational system. Just restating facts that you are better off starting in a 4 year program.</p>
<p>okay guys, thanks for all the info. some good stuff here</p>
<p>Toussaintnouv, if you DO decide to attend a community college, then the best option is to transfer to a UC. You don’t need to worry about credits not being accepted. Tuition is also low.</p>
<p>I kind of agree with suppasonic. Students at CC aren’t normally very motivated. They are usually the ones who don’t have the grades in high school to make it to a 4-year university. I am NOT saying that all are like that, but that is usually the case. I am NOT one of them though 
LOL even though my grades did suck in HS.</p>
<p>Soccerdude14 also made a great point. It is useless to attend a community college NOT within commuting distance. The purpose of going to CC is to save money. He is also right that you should take he hardest classes possible that are part of your prerequisites.</p>
<p>The savings at a community college go down if you have to pay higher tuition. Here, if you do not live in this county, you pay higher tuition. It is even higher if you are from another state, so look carefully at CC costs if it is not your local school.</p>
<p>One thing not mentioned yet is the effect of going to a college for only 2 years (and its really more like 1.5 for reasons I’ll mention in a minute). The students attending all 4 years have had time to develop friendships with fellow students, get to know some profs, work their way into research positions if thats what they’re interested in, etc. When you show up as a junior its not as easy to do this. And if you’re not especially outgoing you may find it easier to build a good circle of friends starting as a frosh when everyone is new and looking to meet people, as opposed to 2 years later. </p>
<p>The 1.5 years comes because by spring of senior year people are losing focus on school. Its when you interview for jobs if you’re entering the work force, visit schools if you’re applying for med school or similar, or are looking forward to a PhD program. So not that long after you enter as a junior xfer the undergrad experience winds down.</p>
<p>If I do well in CC, I am not limited to UCs right? Like I still have a chance at the top schools (privates and liberal arts)?</p>
<p>^yes, of course</p>
<p>I suggest you post this in the Parents section. Some of the parents who post there seem to know a lot about transfers from Community College.</p>
<p>the OP should know that should he/she choose to attend community college, when it comes time to transfer the university will not consider your high school grades in the admission’s process. Most will want your AP scores, but that will have little influence over your candidacy. </p>
<p>this does not apply to E.C as far as I know. SOME schools do ask for high school grades, I’m not sure which ones - but UC and most flagship schools do not. I highly doubt Ivy leagues care about high school grades after community college.</p>
<p>The answer is yes. It is always better to do what you want to do. You are an intelligent person; you need to trust what you see with your own eyes. A student sitting in class at a community college in Florida reading Greek Tragedy from the original text is reading the same work as the student at Northwestern.</p>
<p>The only choice you have to make as a human person is whether to trust what you have seen and experienced or whether you should believe others. Before you trust anyone else you need to assess their motivation, i.e. How does it benefit this person if I fold up my metaphorical tent and go home.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Great point.</p>
<p>IF you do well in CC, it is likely you can be admitted in top universities. However, depends on the major, top Universities(especially private schools) may not accept all credits transfer from a CC. As a result, you may have to stay one more year in the school.</p>
<p>Of course, transfer from a CC in CA to a UC will not lose credits. Same maybe true for in-state cc to flagship transfers.</p>
<p>Another thing I’d add is that transferring to a “top” university may not do what you think for you. Reading between the lines here I’m guessing that you are expecting a degree from a “top” university to open up opportunities for you that are much more difficult for those with degrees from other U’s to get. You can get into med school, law school, a great PhD program, etc. if you do well just about anywhere. So I’m guessing you expect top U to be the springboard that gets you entry into areas like consulting or working on Wall Street. </p>
<p>If so, there’s a problem you may have. On-campus interviews with employers like that often require you to bring an unofficial transcript to the interview. What they’re usually looking at is the grades you got and what courses you took, but its going to me immediately obvious to them that you came from a CC. And that you took the majority of your classes at a community college (remember you interview early spring of senior year, at which point you have grades from 4 semesters at the CC and 3 semesters at top U), so to the extent top U is teaching you something special the majority of your learning didn’t happen there. Just saying…</p>
<p>Hi mikemac, thanks for the good info. That is exactly what I was thinking, But I heard that they don’t find out that you came from a cc and you have the option to withhold that info for interviews. But correct me if I am wrong. </p>
<p>Also can I transfer as a sophomore from the cc, one year not two?
I’m getting the feeling here that people are telling me that community college is the last resort lol. I was thinking of investing the money saved haha I’m a cheapskate I guess :)</p>