Should I discourage my little sisters from going to community college and encourage them to apply to other schools?

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@MYOS1634, @Yankee_Belle, and @harrypottereatspie, I’ve told them about it but they’re not super motivated to do questbridge because

  1. It would require time writing essays and filling out applications, and they’d rather spend that time working part time right now and getting us more money.

  2. Decisions are binding. They’re completely unwilling to go to separate schools, but because decisions are binding, it’d be a gamble.

@Bill_Marsh yes, books, gas, etc, would still have to be covered at CC, but they ARE covered with CC, plus extra 2k+. The net amount that they’d get is 3k per semester per student. Excluding any loans.

I’ve paid about 100-300 per semester for books, around 400 per semester for transportation to CC, and less than 100 dollars a semester on supplies. Basically less than 1000 for everything needed. So around 3100 minus around 1k is 2k, no loans.

@EconPop , when I was in community college, I met a significant number of people who were in that guys position that you’re describing. Even if he doesn’t end up going to college this year or next year, he might end up opening up more to community college in even more years.

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