<p>^Thanks for the links to data sets for cc students. When I get the time, I’ll punch in some filters and to obtain some specific numbers related to what you and I stated. It is apparent, even in my rough calculations, that BCC has a “high” transfer rate based on enrollment in comparison to the other cc’s, but whether this rate would be acceptable would be a tougher question. </p>
<p>Perhaps SMC and other cc’s can charge more for more transfer-relatable courses, instead of gearing things to higher student-specific fees for those who desire a more concrete transfer program, as professors in these more academically related classes are more full-time professors anyway, as compared to those who teach at a cc for a trade-related set of classes, who are more there to obtain some side income. </p>
<p>I don’t know how BCC specifically (if purposely) keeps enrollment lower itself; perhaps if it is the active entity behind this, it does so by first-come, first-serve enrollments – because it cannot impose standards in a pool of applicants, and thereby cap enrollment by taking higher-qualified students within this. Or as we stated, there might be more of the invisible things related to classroom resources that keep enrollments low by less of the active means, word of mouth, etc. </p>
<p>Just speculation, but I don’t know if the cc has a subterranean garage for all of its students’ cars or whether adjacent parking would have to suffice. The cc does appear to be downtownish west of Cal and more into the flatlands, so parking would have to be extremely tough (as it would be at Cal itself). Perhaps this could be a main factor in BCC having lower enrollments because if parking is extremely tough, the cc itself might be limited to more of the locals. </p>
<p>I think, though, students in general would be more willing to travel to another cc by valuing the pure transfer numbers more highly, and not simultaneously necessarily analyzing the % transfers. They might see their chances of transferring to one of the University of California campuses as better if more supposed spots are filled at UC by students at their desired cc campus. They might see it as a competition thing, in which they feel they can outpace a higher number of students at whatever cc.</p>
<p>’[T]hey feel they can outpace a higher number of students at whatever cc,’ should be ‘they feel they can outpace a higher set of prospective set of UC transfers[…]’ </p>
<p>Also I believe the OP stated he/she would be living in Albany. This would be close enough to be considered ‘a local.’ </p>
<p>Or you might want to consider banking online w/ same bank as your parents (hopefully your parents online bank). If they are source of your income, they can transfer money. You won’t need checks to write.</p>
<p>BCC is near the Berkeley BART station; it would not be surprising if most of the students who did not get their on their own power (walking or bicycling) use public transportation to get there.</p>
<p>Good point ucb; I’m so used to driving in LA now or being driven to Stanford/Maples and Memorial/Haas when I’m up there to see UCLA play I didn’t think of BARF, errr, BART. I always remember seeing a bunch of Raider fans walking very fast down the walkway at the Oak Coliseum after a game to catch a ride, and that has always stuck in my mind as something I wouldn’t ever want to do.</p>
<p>5% in two years or less
13% in three years or less
39% in six years or less
50% in nine years or less</p>
<p>Note that the average California CC students is a half time student (there are 2.2 million students, but only 1.1 million full time equivalents).</p>
<p>The ones using BART probably get in and out of the stadium a lot more quickly than those who drive, due to the traffic jams going in and out of the stadium parking lot.</p>
<p>My paragraph isn’t an allusion to their being in hurry or one’s lack of freedom in taking BART. It’s more the type of seeming character of those rushing en masse to catch a ride. They were Raider fans after all. I understand … different characters on different routes.</p>