<p>Registering on time can only do so much since the classes are being reduced while the number of students are rising. It was definitely a lot better even back in '10 compared to now. But regardless, SMC is still the best CC in LA County imo.</p>
<p>^That’s not unique to SMC, the same could be said about pretty much every CC in or near a metropolitan area in California. In the current economic climate there’s less money to go around so in many industries, companies have scaled back their workforce resulting in people being laid off and going back to colleges/universities to increase their job prospects. Also, the educational system as a whole has less money because of over $1.5B in funding cuts over the last 3 years and has had to cut back staff and reduced the number of classes to meet the reduced budget demands. That’s just the reality of CC now-a-days, until the economy turns around classes a lot of CCs are going to reduce class offerings, despite trying to accommodate more people.</p>
<p>Trying to enroll in classes at SMC will definitely be harder as opposed to enrolling in classes at LAVC. That’s all I’m trying to say.</p>
<p>If you’re STILL interested in registering at SMC, PM and I will link you to my horribly written SMC survival guide.</p>
<p>If you are considering LACC, you should go to ELAC. I actually go there right now and would recommend it. Classes are not that hard to get since there’s no waitlist, you can just show up and try to add. It is a relatively safe campus… there’s campus police everywhere. The people are generally nice even though a majority of them are somewhat ghetto.</p>
<p>I’ve already applied to SMC. I kinda want to take my chances. But I won’t hear back from USC for awhile because I’ll only go to cc if I get rejected.</p>
<p>Sure if to want to pay $200 per unit for core classes</p>
<p>Apparently a bunch of students wanted to speak at the trustee’s meeting last night about new tiered tuition fees and the school police proceeded to get a little over zealous with pepper spray!</p>
<p>@dilapidatedmind</p>
<p>How hard is it to get classes at LA Pierce College??? Possibly 15 units per semester.</p>
<p>Financial Aid???</p>
<p>How is the area???</p>
<p>And how difficult are courses there???</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that the CCC you go to does not really matter when transferring. I’ll provide the link once I find it, but just know that it really does not play a huge role in your ability to transfer. I go to College of the Canyons, up here in Santa Clarita, which is about a 30 minute drive up the 5 North from LA, and I can tell you it’s not too horrible. You might have a hard time finding parking at 11 a.m., but besides that, it ain’t too bad!</p>
<p>It matters to the extent that some have better course coverage for certain UC and CSU campuses and majors, so less “catch up” would be needed after transfer. Often, the CC will model its courses on those at a nearby UC or CSU (e.g. Mission - SJSU, CCSF - SFSU, Cuesta - Cal Poly SLO, Laney and Diablo Valley - Berkeley). See [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) .</p>
<p>I’m rooting for SMC all the way.</p>
<p>El Camino College is awesome. The campus is really nice, it’s located right by the 405, they have a great Honors Program, and they have different programs you can join so you can get priority registration. I think ECC is actually ranked #1 in the state right now for transfers to UCLA. I considered going to SMC, but it was always impossible to get a spot in any class, so I just gave up on it after awhile.</p>
<p>SMC or El Camino for better housing?</p>