<p>"Some degrees require you to hit the ground running to get through in 4 years, and pad your schedule in the soph/jr years with your distribution classes. "</p>
<p>Most don’t. I’d say that for most majors its best to know what your going to be majoring in by the beg of your 2nd year. </p>
<p>Esp. business majors, sure there are some courses you have to take in sequence (can’t take intermediate accounting before you take intro to accounting)… but you definitely have room to explore before you start. Science majors may be different. </p>
<p>Also, most transfer students take courses that transfer (even in-sequence courses) - ex: Intro to Accounting I & II at community college and then Managerial and Intermediate accounting at 4 year university. </p>
<p>So I don’t get your point at all - this is a negative againts “degrees require you to hit the ground running to get through in 4 years” moreso than against community colleges.</p>