<p>Or is it the same as a 4-year institution?</p>
<p>Depending on the college/university and the CC, the answer could be definitely, maybe, no, or the CC is harder than the 4-year institution. </p>
<p>In CC the difficulty is very heavily dependent on the instructor. At a university the major intro classes will almost always be about the same difficulty regardless who you take it with or when you take it.</p>
<p>Yes and no. Class sizes are smaller and that helped a lot because you get easier interaction with the instructor. The professors also at my CC much nicer than at 4 year schools I’ve attended. It made them so much more easier to approach.
It depends on the class, though.</p>
<p>Where I live, the local community college is more challenging than the local state branch campus. It depends on several factors though: the area, the specific community college, and the four year institution in question. Frequently, professors from four years will teach night/afternoon classes at CCs for extra cash. I’ve had multiple professors who did that- same class and everything, for a quarter of the price.</p>
<p>Depends on the CC and the courses, but generally yes. That said, some schools don’t factor in transfer GPA into your uni GPA.</p>
<p>NO. lol. the bigger difference is developing good study habits and especially forming an epic study group. thats what made the difference for me.</p>
<p>It certainly depends on the instructors. At my CC, there is a large variance in the quality of instruction within and across departments. At the LAC I attended, nearly all of the professors were of good quality in regards to teaching and varied more with research activity, as to be expected at a teaching-based LAC. So the CC courses were, on average, easier than the courses I took at the LAC. </p>
<p>However, my GPA was higher at the LAC. Why? If I feel that I am not being challenged, I get bored easily and would rather spend my time on something more productive than studying and homework. If I’m being challenged (such as at the LAC), I worked hard to prove to myself that I can do it well, and so I got better grades and retained a great deal more information. Of course, I also became more serious about my studies after transferring since I knew I wanted to pursue graduate school, so that also factored into my motivation.</p>