<p>Yes you are all correct - we don’t know the exact number of CC students wishing to transfer. We do know exactly how many actually do transfer and that number is tiny. So my CC warning buzzer goes off when I hear people discussing the CC to 4-year path as a legitimate option. Don’t believe me, check the transfer stats of your own local CC.</p>
<p>Whenwen is correct, most HS kids at any CC are there because they never learned correct academic habits in HS but they all come in thinking they will magically make it to their dream 4-year school. Of course it’s easy to predict that their CC performance will most likely mirror their HS performance but nobody wants to hear that.</p>
<p>And this leads me to the original post in this thread and the sentiment of ‘why not take the CC route’. My answer is that the CC route is an illusion that is sold to kids that have either not tried in HS or had a poor application season. So to answer the OP’s question, one reason to take the gap year is because the CC route is a fairytale (complete with a happy ending!) that is almost certain to end in disappointment.</p>
<p>Best Regards,
Wheaty</p>