<p>....and run for positions you don't really want when you can drop out, get a GED, go to community college and still attend the best public university in the world?</p>
<p>I don't support NOT taking APs or getting good grades and scoring well on SATs (in fact, I'm quite a supporter), but should I consider taking my GED now, quitting senior year (or graduating early), starting CaliCommuColl, and focusing on my volunteering, getting a job, and extra-curriculars, then transferring in a couple years to UC Berkeley?</p>
<p>I read and heard that transfers with a respectable GPA and decent ECs/essays can get easily into UCB. Why not just go to a CC for two years then transfer and forget about the SAT another time and forget about doing well in my 5 AP classes?</p>
<p>Just a thought. Any responses welcome. Please be respectful :)</p>
<p>Because community college is gross.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s convincing x) I’m thinking that the time I will have not doing student gov’t, hanging with friends, or studying vigorously (although there will be a lot of studying of course), I can focus on an internship, learning other subjects, volunteering, traveling, earning money, etc. Kinda like two and a half gap years but with earning credits at the same time.</p>
<p>A post I read in College Admissions/ Lessons Learned inspired me to consider this. The poster practically failed every high school course (even though he attended private school from k-8), and had to attend adult school with concurrent enrollment at a CC. He never even took the SAT, just got a GED, attended CCC with a good GPA, had some EC’s and now is in his final year at UCB.</p>
<p>Ever considered the fact that some people would prefer to spend four years at a four-year university?</p>
<p>The question you’re asking is parallel to, “Why get a job and work hard when you can get welfare benefits from the government?”</p>
<p>Not saying I look down on people on welfare, but if everyone had that kind of mentality, our society would get nowhere.</p>
<p>Of course I would love to live the university life as a freshman, but my family can save an upwards of $60,000 by me going to a CC. I can also focus on the other mentioned things more easily. I do look down on welfare, though, haha. I understand that “some people” prefer to spend all four years, but my question is: would it be ok/good/preferable/ if I just drop out now and go to CC spring semester? That way I can start college a year earlier. I may have done this earlier if I new that GED tests were available in 9th grade -_- That way I would already be in my junior year of college maybe haha</p>
<p>I really don’t understand why you think CC is so bad x)</p>
<p>Because community colleges are, for the most part, attended by the mediocre high school students that include the stereotypical dumb jocks, unmotivated scene kids, and 2:00 AM partying preps. Now, I know not all of them are like this, but from my experience those are the main groups that are found at CC’s. I would strongly prefer NOT to be around those kids any longer than I need to.</p>
<p>Since you have 5 AP classes lined up for this year, I’m guessing you’ve got a lot of potential. Dropping high school and settling for a freaking GED would just be a huge waste.</p>
<p>OP, there are many very, very successful people who have done started in CC. Don’t let an uninformed opinion from another HS student dissuade you. </p>
<p>That said, I’d finish high school. You mighy actually learn something worthwhile your senior year 
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<p>How about because UC Berkeley does not guarantee acceptance from CC unlike some of the other UCs. </p>
<p>Some of the CA CCs provide a good education, but I am willing to bet that you have enough intellectual competition at a competitive high school with lots of APs. Keep on your path. There is no reason why you can’t do the cc route if yoiu don’t get into the UC of your choice.</p>