Ripping on Community Colleges

Transfer Students
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<p>Ya know, I'm noticing a trend of people saying how easy CCs are. They're not. There's no way you can miss classes and still hope for an A. There's no curving. All of my professors have doctorates in their field, so they're very knowledgeable. And I know several people from UCI, UCB, and UCLA who agree that the education they received at OCC is just as good as the UC that they are currently attending.</p>

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<p>Then why are you transferring?</p>

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<p>You can’t get a Bachelors at a Community College… duh.</p>

<p>I agree, by the way. We have people who come from other local schools via a program called The Consortium, where you can take classes at any local public school and recieve credit at your home institution. It’s amazing to me how often the kids from the Universities complain about and difficulty of the work and lack of curve.</p>

<p>It’s like anything though, depends on the specifics. It’s stupid to generalize an entire type of school, and those who do are usually just trying to inflate their own ego to compensate for their own insecurities.</p>

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<p>Wow, that’s such a stupid question it’s beyond words.</p>

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<p>did I miss the question?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I think CCs are great for those kids who want to save money before going to a university. If you ask any counselor on campus on CC students trying to transfer top 20 schools, “well, the ones that usually get in are the ones that could’ve gotten in directly out of high school.” And, honestly, I feel way more prepared to go to a LAC or university now than if I went directly out of high school.</p>

<p>And when I hear Stanford hopefuls sulk about Stanford preferring CC students (? not confirmed), they think those students got in merely because they’re from a CC. You have to be qualified. And IF Stanford prefers them, it could be because CC students have to transfer to get their degree rather than someone who is trying to transfer from another university. That’s the same for the UC system</p>

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<p>CC’s also give people who didn’t do well in high school an opportunity to go to a university.</p>