<p>Unfortunately, I am ganna stay at CC for 3yrs....
The reasons.... units problem, visa problem, finacial problem, school problems. etc.</p>
<p>I just want to noe if anyone of u guys are stayin at CC for 3 yrs like me...</p>
<p>Are you allowed to and still be able to transfer to most colleges?</p>
<p>Yah y not? lol... I noe of my buddy who stayed at CC for 4yrs... going to UCI for fall07.
and my counselor told me she stayed at CC for 10yrs....</p>
<p>(lol!) I just thought CC as college confidential! shooh! my mind is not working at all! i never really heard people staying at CC for 3 years when one wants to transfer to a four year college though!</p>
<p>hmmmm... interesting.. i guess. cuz they get lazy afterawhile..</p>
<p>I am! Most transfers at my school, Pasadena City College, transfer within 3 years.</p>
<p>Reason being: We sucked in high school, and that extra year is to make up for it :)</p>
<p>I'm 1 year out of highschool and I'm' transferring to Berkeley.</p>
<p>If you have a choice it's a waste of time IMO. I'd rather use the year after transferring, even with the extra cost. The only reason I see is if you have really, really bad HS grades and you're trying to get an Ivy.</p>
<p>walnut- ill c u for da UC 08 thread. lol</p>
<p>heavymetal- impressive! in 1yr..</p>
<p>ucbhi- Ivy is too far from my house.! lol</p>
<p>wow. after one year?!! you're SOOOO cool. too bad you're still taking lower-division courses</p>
<p>Guys, please...try to at least use halfway decent English. Please, the amount of internet-type is hurting me. Ow.</p>
<p>Oh, and jna, some of the hardest classes I took in undergrad were lower-divs. Don't underestimate them just because they have fewer numbers after the name.</p>
<p>Community colleges offer the greatest flexibility for those who weren't able to succeed in high school. It's that "second chance" so to speak. This is probably why there are so many transfers who take over three years. For many students at CC's, being either financially, physically, or mentally ready to become a full time student is a luxury; this is why they ended up at a CC in the first place. Transferring within one year is impossible for most of us, and I fully congratulate you on being so well prepared! </p>
<p>College for me is learning things I missed from high school, in addition to learning new college level material. Due to being severely ill for all of high school, it was difficult to focus on academics. I planned take the GED and drop out of junior year until my teachers went out of their way to pull me through high school. When I entered college, I had to start the long math series in a low level remedial math course. This really set me behind. Despite being on student council for years, I was also missing critical public speaking skills and writing skills that are critical for my intended major of business. </p>
<p>For the this year's admissions cycle, I was hoping to get into Berkeley and continue working on any skills I felt were lacking. The brainiac atmosphere of Berk should help me, plus i've got a got many friends there for support. Judging on their decision to not let me in, it was probably best for me to stay in my current CC and work on my skills before I enter. No matter though, time is something I have an abundance of :).</p>
<p>i'm likely gonna be rejected from 2 schools of which i applied
so i'll probably be spending another year (3rd year) at a cc
......:(</p>
<p>UCLA you missed my point. heavymetalgod was trying to put down students who spent over his "one year" in community college. doesn't matter when you transfer. what difference does it make if you transfer after 3, 4 whatever, as long as you fulfill the lower-division requirements. if you transfer after one year, you're no better than these students; one must still fulfill course and unit requirements before advancing to upper-division courses.</p>
<p>jna,</p>
<p>Well, I think that heavymetalgod was just being facetious, so I think that taking it seriously in the first place isn't necessary.</p>
<p>However, I think that there is something to be said about not getting caught in the CC trap. 3 or 4 years IS a problem, as it's a huge opportunity cost.</p>
<p>UCLA, i agree. some students fall into "the CC" trap as you call it. these students typically drop a couple, or all of their classes, and bounce back in forth between full-time and half-time enrollment. However, some students require the extra year to satisfy pre-reqs, perhaps because they've assessed low (as a result of being unprepared for college level curriculum).</p>
<p>Part of me appreciates that, but part of also doesn't understand how people can take more than 2, maybe 3 years. I mean, I realize that I'm an exceptional case (transferred in a year), but any more than 3 years is obscene.</p>
<p>I'm sure some of them go on to be successful, but I find that most of the people who bum around for a long time find the pace at top UCs to be very miserable.</p>
<p>Miserable in what way?</p>
<p>It's much easier to drop courses at CC, or take a part-time workload than at a UC. You're going to be practically forced to go full-time every quarter at a UC, which CCs really don't do. A lot of the 3- to 4-year transfer types take that long because they constantly drop courses and fudge with their schedule if they get a class they don't like or can't handle.</p>
<p>It's very different at the UC, where you pretty much have to just grit your teeth and go through with it.</p>
<p>yea i was joking. i took classes at night while i was in high school.</p>