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Post by GattoGelato on Aug 17, 2017 13:52:44 GMT -5
I'm leaning towards community bc its cheap...but I also want my own life and dont want to live with parents
choices
which do you prefer
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Post by trickster ♥ on Aug 17, 2017 13:57:11 GMT -5
I'm going to community this year, but I'm definitely going to go to uni for four more years starting next year I think it sort of depends on what you want to do/feel like would be better for you in the long run/financially
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Aug 17, 2017 14:06:18 GMT -5
depends on what you want in your higher education.
it's become more common now to go to community college for two years (to get your associates) and then transfer into a private/public university to get a bachelor's degree. two of my friends are doing this. it saves on cost but at the sacrifice of less involvement in campus life
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Post by Auransky on Aug 17, 2017 15:50:40 GMT -5
Seeing as many of us lack the freedom to swim in money *CoughScroogeMcduck* The community college route is not a bad start as avid teachers claim it to be.
The CC route is cost effective, and it lets you take the basic G.E courses that any freshmen needs to take at the four year level, for a much lower cost. Because you are going to a CC it gives you some leeway to explore potential career paths and majors because of the low cost and the need to fill up 60-70 units for transfer + G.E's. (So you got quite a bit of room to explore through courses without the headache of instant debt)
You don't naturally have to live at home to go to a C.C. While you are at a CC get a part time and start saving up. Whether you save up to move out, or use for yourself will be completely on you later. I myself transferred from a C.C into the four year. I'm not regretting it, and because of the C.C I was able to take a few courses at the 4 year beforehand as a part of STEM. (And the school payed for it! xD)
**Just keep in mind, about living on your own. It becomes costly when you divide costs for yourself, bills, and utilities throughout each cycle. While not very heavy at the C.C level, it can become a burden at the Uni level. Especially if you live in Cali! I had the chance to move out, between my jobs, and school I probably could- but it's waaayyyy cheaper in my case to live at home. Sure-Car and Insurance costs, but I already did the math and what ifs, so I'm willing to hang out at home. xD (And cry about freeway traffic everyday #CaliforniaTraffic)
At both the Uni and CC level, professors have office hours. What makes them different, is the amount of time Professors may put after Office Hours. Unlike CC professors, full time uni professors have a yearly paper/publication they must commit too. When not working or on their free time, the professor is working on that yearly quota. (The higher the level of education the more is required on the Quota) Hence why you may be given lecture by a T.A , Aid, or assistant. (Ofc, most professors will work to give their own lectures, but sometimes the publications swallow their time)
CC full time professors don't have a yearly quota. Commonly after office hours they may still be in there with a bunch of students, should there not be a lecture to teach at the time.
Back in High School I got into a big fight with my Avid peers. they were all excited for the 4 years in and out of state. I got excepted to Uni's sure, but I made it firm that I wanted to go to a CC. And everyone + the avid teacher was talking me out of it all year, that I wouldn't learn. I'd be wasting my time, and just like many I would drop out of CC entirely. While there is a lot of people in CC unsure, and just not caring at that point in time. If you as an indivdiual have a goal, and are determined you can easily swing through in two years. ^^ You just gotta press on, and remind yourself that it'll probably be the same story of +12 units per semester + No sleep = Statbucks
I enjoyed my CC. Not only on an involvement level, but through the professor's desire to teach and small classes. It gave professors more time to engage, and really be in our faces in and out of the classroom. And a lot of the prfoessors went to school and studied. Many of them will have Masters if not PHDs with a goal of making you more competitive at the 4 year level.
I had a conversation with my econ professor, who went to a really good school back east for a degree in economics. His desire is to provide just as good if not better of a learning experience, so that when we transfer, the knowledge we hold is on par if not better then those who took the four year route directly.
And that's something my AVID teacher disagreed about, she was always telling me that such determination and desire doesn't exist. I proved her wrong, and even brough a few professors to my old highschool as class speakers for other teachers! (She wont talk to me, and she probably wont want my brother in her class xD)) --> I have other friends too who were in AVID, and went CC. They simply didn't tell her, ever. Still don't... so yea >.<
But at the end of the day you take the same classes, taught by professors who can teach just as well as Uni professors. All for a lower cost. You save 1,000's per year, and it gives you opportunities to grow connections that help with internships and scholarships which the majority of the time transfer to the four yer.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Aug 18, 2017 0:28:20 GMT -5
I'm going to a community college.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 0:57:22 GMT -5
community college and rent an apartment
it'll be cheaper than even living in dorms because tuition is so much less at CC
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 3:55:15 GMT -5
There's also the option of not going to school
Join the military or choose a profession that enables you to travel and/or will pay for your housing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 5:43:23 GMT -5
Don't necessarily look at it from a lifestyle perspective, look at it from a program perspective.
If you already have an idea of what you're planning on doing in the future career-wise, even if it's just general/narrowed down to a field, do some research into the academic qualifications to work in said career. Some careers may have options: a faster-paced community college program, and a (typically) four-to-eight year university program. Other areas may require you to attend a specific CC program, or a specific undergrad degree to be considered for it.
For example, I knew a girl who went to a CC to be a pharmacy technician. Since there is no specific undergrad degree for that, it made sense for her to jump right in and take the year long course with them
On the other hand, for becoming an SLP (speech language pathologist), in Canada at least, any grad program I could possibly attend requires me to have a full Bachelor's/undergrad degree as a prerequisite before being considered for their program. So I'm attending uni for that.
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