<p>I transferred in a year, and although at time it was a struggle commuting between different community colleges and feel like I was gonna drop dead from the course work at times, it was ultimately worth getting my acceptance to a UC after a year of community college. Always remember that time = money, and if you can save a year that may equal being able to get a job earlier and start earning some money. Obviously that is not the only reason I decided to do a one year transfer, but in the end I think it is worth it.</p>
<p>Also, you are going to be able to transfer units from your AP’s (make sure that the schools you want to transfer the units to accept them, because even though your community college might accept the units the 4-year you are going to transfer to might have a AP score cutoff that you might have missed, etc.)</p>