jroe

Okay, here's the deal. I am going back to school after years of living, working, and thriving without a college education. I had a unique educational experience in high school that succeeded in implanting a desire for further education so far in the depths of my soul that no matter how well I did outside of school, I always felt a constant nagging to go to college. So for the first time in about 10 years, I am going to school full time at the local community college. I have a 4.0 after one semester, was admitted into the Honors Program and am working in various other ways to gain academic and community experience. I go to school in Bridgeport, CT and my college has lots of transfer agreements established with school like NYU, Sacred Heart, Smith, Mt. Holyoke (there are currently more transfer options for women, with Smith and Holyoke being very strong but they're working on more options for men) So here is the gist of my post. IF I find it possible by the slimmest of margins to defy reason and gain entry into an Ivy League via community college ... should I? I absolutely intend to get at least a Masters degree and many of my friends, of varying degrees of education, are telling me to go cheap and easy for undergrad and then go all out for grad school. I tend to want to go all out for both. Any input from anyone on here will be greatly appreciated. Oh, I'm posting in the Columbia forum because I love NYC and the General Studies College seems well suited to my situation. Yale is another school I am drooling over, though I am getting very tired of Connecticut and it's much harder to get into, it seems. Are the undergrad programs at these schools much different than a $4000/year education at, say, Hunter College? Thanks again, Josh.