Why Should I Go to Community college--->UC?

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<p>I know its alot, but i know tons of other people besides me are dieing to have these questions answered. Please do your best :)</p>

<p>I know the title might be misleading but let me restate the question:
How can I be sure that it is the right thing to go to community college and then transfer to a UC?</p>

<p>I am in highschool right now and it seems as if my grades are going to either stay or go down(3.3 weighted gpa).</p>

<p>I could probably get into uc santa cruz, merced and riverside, but i would only consider UCSC- and even ucsc might be a slight reach.</p>

<p>If I decide to go to community college, my ultimate goal would be to transfer to UCB, UCLA (TAP), UCSD,UCI, UCD, and UCSB(TAG) as safties.</p>

<p>I know that many people transfer from community college to a UC school, but how was it compared to highschool? Especially if you did not have a good gpa in highschool, but got a good gpa in community college? </p>

<p>Is it really that hard in community college? Have you highschool slackers found out that community college is the same level as highschool? Did you succeed because of the different atmosphere and freedom that community college gives you that you dont recieve in highschool? Were any of you confident that community college would be easy, and then blown away by the level of difficulty? It seems like it is so easy to get into a better UC through community college but honestly, do you need to step up your studying full notch? or is community college just like highschool, but easier for some people to adapt to due to its different circumstances? do you think a 3.5+ gpa will be attainable in community college based on my poor highschool grades?</p>

<p>I am EXTREMELY worried about my future right now, and i hope all you successful transfers and community college students can give me some much appreciated advice. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Community college is a breeze if you have half a brain. If you are transfering to a UC they will not look at your highschool grades, or SAT scores, only CCC GPA. You have automatic admission to UCD USCD UCI with a half decant gpa. UCLA and CAL are a bit harder to get into, (say 3.5+ GPA). The only real disadvantage is lack of a social life.</p>

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<p>Right. UCs have a contract with community colleges that they have to send an x # of students.</p>

<p>It’s easy to get behind and get “stuck” in the system (have you known people who seem to have been at CC forever?) but if you work at it and push yourself I’m sure you will do fine.</p>

<p>I haven’t personally attended a CC, so I can’t tell you anything about the education and class difficulty.</p>

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<p>I think what makes CC easier than HS is that you can design your own school schedule and take whatever classes you want, whenever. In HS, your day is controlled and you have 6 periods, in CC, you don’t. At CC you have a variety of humanities/social science classes you can take to fulfill general ed requirements, there’s no set curriculum. </p>

<p>However, I’ve found all my CC classes to be at least double the amount of work compared to anything I took in HS. I believe you just need to work harder to get a good grade. It’s not easy to get an A in most classes. Plus, at CC you need to take college level math and English. The math isn’t too easy to get through for most. Many people have to take remedial math classes before you they to the college level course. A decent amount of majors require you to take either stats or calculus, which is pretty hard.</p>