<p>08 students how was the experience at community college? Did you enjoy your time? Was it hard for you? How was your daily schedule? Feel free to boast.</p>
<p>are you asking those that are transferring to UCLA or currently attend UCLA?</p>
<p>lol, just have to ask.</p>
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<p>transfers are 08 students</p>
<p>community college is awesome! Professors are always available to help. You are able to meet lots of interesting people from all walks of life. I'm going to miss my community college :(</p>
<p>Oh, in that case...</p>
<p>I enjoyed my time at my CC. Without one of my professors, I wouldn't be here today (I might not physically be here today, I had some tough times). I've learned how to solidify by work ethic and sharpened my interest and drive towards my major. My only suggestion is that you don't let yourself lose focus especially with the cell phone *****es or cheaters that you will be surrounded by everyday.</p>
<p>I won't miss my community college, just my professor and the few friends I've made along the way.</p>
<p>CC was alright. I believe it helped me to develop into a better student. Unfortunately, I did not need to take 2 years to do so. The social experienced sucked and I will not miss my CC. Most of the professors were great and I definitely agree with xleper about the cheating and "high school" antics being extremely annoying.</p>
<p>AirArlen (aka Harvard Business),</p>
<p>I loved my time at CC. I won't hesitate to drop back in one day and take a class here or there for fun.</p>
<p>CC is such an AirArlen</p>
<p>^^^ Agree with Lackofsense, CC is full of a lot of annoying and immature highschool students like AirArlen that think they're actually worth something, but the small classes and ability to talk one on one with professors is definitely a plus.</p>
<p>I hated it. Once I made a study group to help me catch up in chem. But not only did I catch up during our session, I ended up tutoring everyone else. I can't wait until I'm out of here.</p>
<p>It's like an academic prison where some of the guards and other inmates are nice enough, but your objective is to tunnel the hell out of there as soon as possible and never go back.</p>
<p>Here, I wrote this awhile back on CCC in regards to discussion and, in a sense, the intellectual equality, or lack thereof, I had encountered; and, presently I still feel the same way, if not more so than before (see: newly enrolled high school-mentality freshman suggesting we should just nuke Iraq and be done):</p>
<p>That's one drawback to CC (in response to another post about discussion in CCC). I personally love discussing my major and holding intellectual conversations and the like; but at CC, profs desperately attempt to fill that quintessential college trait of discussion, which, almost invariably turn into an incredibly topical conversation inundated with undeserved pretension.</p>
<p>During my first semester I generally participated in every discussion, but after listening to circular arguments, shallow points, and tangential anecdotes ad nauseum, I gave up and have now found myself quite comfortable observing the quasi-intellectual train wrecks which discussions tend to become.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, some profs think giving participation a grade will spark willing discourse, but, as I have observed, this method usually ends up forcing contrived conversation coupled with students interrupting the profs with what he/she is about to say attempting to instill a sense of involvement to get that grade.</p>
<p>Also, in regards to the overall atmosphere:</p>
<p>There have been times I have been truly glad to be in a class, in which almost all of those around me were interested in the subject matter being taught, but I have seen many more situations in which the majority of the students could not care less about their grades, position in life, education, etc. It seems that the majority of CCC students are more inclined toward the short-term pleasures in life (drinking, smoking, sex, etc) than subjecting themselves to academic pain (studying); that is not to say that I am not interested in the pleasures of life, I just believe the short-term to be a bit shallow, too fleeting, and directive toward a life of mediocrity. Be prepared to be one of four students who decided to show up to class on a Friday --it approximates funny in a very scheudenfraudesque light.</p>
<p>Hate my CC...i feel like I have been missing out.....</p>
<p>I just realized. I came to CC, learned a bunch of stuff and felt like I really got smart. Now I feel like I'm getting dumber. I blame the environment</p>
<p>i hated my first cc and first semester year overall, then after i transfered to another one it was a bit better, of course social life sucks an i feel that i missed out on some stuff that i would of experienced if i had attended a 4 year, but i did meet some interesting professors and people from all walks of life. Of course that are some students you can't stand, like the immature people who act like they are still in high school and the cheaters. also some professors treat cc like high school like taking roll call.</p>
<p>my time at my CCC was really up and down. i liked it because it was flexible and convenient for me especially when i was working and my teachers understood my weird working schedule, etc. but honestly, all the crap they put me through (i had a huge mess of a grade appeal with VERY LITTLE help from the school to speed along the process among other issues during that time, they never let me change to resident status even though i've lived in california for three and a half years and i've worked in the state for even longer, etc.) really soured the experience, plus when i went there i didn't know ANYONE. i've made friends, but i felt really alienated and considering most of my friends are at 4-years, i never was able to relate to their experiences.</p>
<p>i think at the time it was flexible, but if i knew then what i know now, i would've really researched programs, stayed focused, and transferred after 2 years, not 3.</p>
<p>i think my first cc sabotaged me into staying longer so they can get more money, long story.</p>
<p>Im sick of everyone calling me AirArlen, please stop it's very old. It was amusing at first but It bugs me now. Why do you call me that anyway? Someone please be nice enough to explain.</p>
<p>Because you keep pretending you're not AirArlen, like you just did in that post? ^</p>