BF2S Forums Why is community college looked down upon?

FEOS wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

FEOS wrote:

I never took an SAT either. ACT ftw.

I got a 1420

Not on the ACT, you didn't.

Obviously not.

First 2 years at a University, you're there for the whole "experience". 

You end up in an auditorium of 150 people, see the teacher for the first day of class, then spend the rest of the semester trying to understand a TA who almost speaks English as his 3rd language, then break off into lab groups of 30 people led by a TA who is too dumb, too drunk, too lazy, or too stoned to be bothered.

Oh, and you're surrounded by silver-spoon kiddies, who are experiencing drugs/alcohol/sex away from mommie's house for the very first time.
(Hint: don't do this after you've just spent 6 years in the military)




First 2 years at a CC, you're there to get the stupid general education pre-reqs out of the way.
If you manage to sneak in an actual transferrable core class, you might just get lucky and get a real teacher, who has retired after 30 or 40 years in the field, and is teaching community college "just for fun".  Those guys are priceless.

I've done both, through the wonders of non-transferring credits.


Here's my list;
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/
http://www.ctcd.edu/
http://www4.uwm.edu/
http://www.wctc.edu/

Last edited by rdx-fx (2010-02-18 15:24:56)

I had a poli scie professor at my JC that makes more money than the average UC or Cal State professor

nukchebi0 wrote:

CC classes are easier than classes at Georgetown or Dartmouth, so I presume those students dropped for other reasons than the difficulty of the coursework or subject material.

not what the girl from georgetown told me

I forget her major but she wanted to improve her gpa during a summer intersession while she was on break from school.  she told me that it was much harder than she was expecting. it was a 6 week intersession which also meant twice as much work with half the time to complete.

the girls are easier to get in bed but they tend to have kids and or diseases.

I went to a JC then transferred to a 4 year.  I reckon the gen. ed. classes at any institution of higher learning whether it's a 4 year or JC are relatively the same.  For California students wanting to attend an in-state school it's a far wiser decision to go to JC then transfer.  I saved a lot of money, plus with certification programs like IGETC you are virtually guaranteed admission as long as your grades are there.

My brother goes to a community college here.  Several of the classes are taught by professors from the local university.  So yeah, it really is often a matter of getting the same education for less money.

Online classes are a bit sketchy though.

nukchebi0 wrote:

FEOS wrote:

I never took an SAT either. ACT ftw.

The ACT is for people who suck the SAT.

(No one regards a 36 on the ACT the same way they regard a 2400 on the SAT.)

Or it's for people who aren't planning to attend an out of state school (like me).

Might want to watch out next time it rains...you might just drown.

rdx-fx wrote:

First 2 years at a University, you're there for the whole "experience". 

You end up in an auditorium of 150 people, see the teacher for the first day of class, then spend the rest of the semester trying to understand a TA who almost speaks English as his 3rd language, then break off into lab groups of 30 people led by a TA who is too dumb, too drunk, too lazy, or too stoned to be bothered.

Oh, and you're surrounded by silver-spoon kiddies, who are experiencing drugs/alcohol/sex away from mommie's house for the very first time.
(Hint: don't do this after you've just spent 6 years in the military)

Not really fair, my teachers have all rigorously attended classes...the TA language barrier is true but it's not from a lack of effort and I respect that. The biggest issue I have had in my (short) experience was a prick of a white boy phil major that was apparently sleeping during class and couldn't argue his way out of a paper bag.

The people make me want to break something but the classes themselves seem to be good.

Transferring schools can lead to a lot of problems with credits not being accepted.  You could very well take two years of classes at a CC and transfer to a pretty good University and only get credit for one year of classes.  If you can get all your credits in one place, I would do that because otherwise you're rolling the dice (unless of course your in a guaranteed acceptance deal which is a different story).

FEOS wrote:

Narupug wrote:

Transferring schools can lead to a lot of problems with credits not being accepted.  You could very well take two years of classes at a CC and transfer to a pretty good University and only get credit for one year of classes.  If you can get all your credits in one place, I would do that because otherwise you're rolling the dice (unless of course your in a guaranteed acceptance deal which is a different story).

Clearly the best bet is to make sure that you take courses at a CC that you know the 4-year school you plan to attend will accept with full transference. To go in blindly and hope is rolling the bones. Most major universities provide transfer credit guides to help walk you through that.

yup.  I had no problem transferring with my classes.  i didnt take a single unnecessary class because I had an ed plan.  Another good thing about the GI Bill.  You cant get the benefits until you have an ed plan sorted out.

I had shit counselors too.  I hated leaving the office with more questions than I had when I went in.  I must have seen at least 5 different counselors at JC