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<p>If you make your same anti-CC argument on high schools, you will see that only a small percentage gets into Berkeley, UCLA, USC, etc. from high school (overall, not specially picked elite high schools that are unavailable for most). So, by your anti-CC argument, why should students bother in high school, since aspirations of going to a “good college” are “almost certain to end in disappointment”?</p>
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<p>By this argument, the high stats student who applied to an all-reach application list and got shut out should then be able to do well in CC and transfer to a good four year school. Of course, the student who made a 2.0 GPA in high school has a much lower chance of success doing the CC route, but such students won’t have many four year school choices even after retrying after a gap year.</p>