<p>I'm in my 20s and go to a community college. I don't like it very much. The teachers don't seem to be that helpful or friendly. The students are hit or miss. A lot of them show up late to class, or don't show, people don't seem to be very friendly nor do they want to be that social. Just seems everyones not happy at community college.</p>
<p>When I go to a university this fall will it be better? I mean teachers more helpful and students more outgoing and friendly?</p>
<p>Also about dating everyone tells me how the girls are more friendlier, and outnumber guys.</p>
<p>Wow I’m sorry you’re not having a decent experience at your CC. I attend a CC and so far have been really lucky with professors. I usually don’t let the students bother me, as it is distracting when some decided to show up late and then disrupt the class. Nothing irks me more than the kids that only show up on test days, can’t stand that.
You should try applying for your CC’s honor college or just try to figure out where the good professors are.
The thing w/ CC’s is it feels more like a job for some people. Clock in and clock out so they don’t bother with getting to know anyone and have other things going on in their day-to-day lives.
I’d stick it out and get the 2-years of General Ed. courses out of the way and excel in all your classes, and if you get invited do join Phi Theta Kappa. Before you know it you’ll be diving into the Uni of your choice.</p>
<p>I already got accepted into a local univeristy for this fall. just waiting to see how much Pellgrant and grants and scholarships I’ll be getting. I have a 2.97 gpa because I kept failing math. Otherwise I get all As and Bs in my classes. I have most of my general ed and electives out of the way so I wont have to pay for them when I transfer in the fall.</p>
<p>I’ve been going there three years now and I’m bored of it, the people and need a change in scene.</p>
<p>Ah so you’re already accepted at a Uni. So yeah I’m sure Uni will be by far better than the CC you’re currently are at.
Best of luck.</p>
<p>CC = High School 2.0. I hated it.</p>
<p>I’m in a similar situation, except that I won’t be transferring until next fall. I’m sticking out the two years here mostly because I work at a family business during the day and I rent a house from family really cheap. Not to mention, mommy and daddy do not fund my education, so the cheaper tuition is necessary. I’m hoping to continue on to pharmacy school so every little thing helps on the financial front. </p>
<p>Anyway, I totally understand what you mean about the social situation. My CC is known primarily for it’s nursing programs, and it seems like a lot of my classmates have some weird nursing bond they achieved in the nursing classes… Since I’m not in nursing, I’m out of the loop. My instructors have been great though, but I’m a night student and all but one of them are adjunct instructors. </p>
<p>Like you, I’m hoping the social situation will improve once I get to where I plan to go (I pretty much have the next several years mapped out and do everything I can academically and whatnot to make sure that I stay on that track and end up at the pharmacy school I intend to go to). I’m pretty sure I’m going to be quite a bit older than most of the other students (I’m 25 now, will be 26 when I transfer), but I’m going to try to not let that be a burden… As it is, there are few students my age at the CC (the day class students are generally younger than me and the night class students are generally quite a bit older than me… I actually have several classes with friends’ parents now).</p>
<p>Community college is only high school if you treat it that way…if you go in and take challenging classes and apply yourself, it at least feels like college, if not university.</p>
<p>CC’s depend a lot on what you are doing there. The people taking a lot of math and science to prep themselves for a STEM major at a 4-year university are going to have a very different experience than, say, nursing students or people getting their certificates in landscaping. I’m not saying one is better than the other, I’m saying they are different. You’re much more likely to run into people who didn’t do well in high school or couldn’t get accepted to a four-year college, a lot more people in remedial classes and so forth. Most of the students I interact with are university material, they are just at a CC to save money (and because the classes are usually taught better due to the smaller class sizes and zero pressure to “weed out” students).</p>
<p>i always preferred to go to a university…and u do have greater chance of scholarships there…even online studies is a good option…</p>
<p>i wanna know to, cc is HS but just with more mature people (atleast in my classes) but i still see the type of ppl who dont take education seriously just like they did in HS hanging around the cafe all the time or still rush to sit at the back of classes & talk, thats what makes it HS 2.0 but anyway how do i join the honors society???</p>
<p>I don’t take any loans or scholarships out for community college. it’s only like 967 a semester for 12 credit hours so I just pay it out of my own pocket. I’ll be going to Webster in the fall which is like at least 20k a year so I will have to get all the scholarships I can and get all As and Bs.</p>