For ppl who got accepted to a 4 year straight out of high school

Leuzinger2010 · 06-03-2010, 10:56 PM

So was going to community college and transferring worth loosing the experience of living as a freshman on your own or joining different activities plus the dorm life?

manderzzzz · 06-03-2010, 11:03 PM

For me, definitely. I don't think I would've made the social adjustment+academic adjustment in classes very well. I was *REALLY* shy straight out of high school, but going to a small community college, getting into clubs/activities has made me a more outspoken, confident person. I feel ready now to move out, and dorming with random girls doesn't scare me, as it probably would have back then.

edelynly · 06-03-2010, 11:05 PM

I loved my experience at community college. CC was a huge low blow for me out of HS - my stats were amazing, not going to hide my self-righteousness there hahah. But I didn't get into the school I hoped for, and I really didn't want to settle and be stuck in a second-choice school for four years when I would have the opportunity to get into a great(er) school in just two.

As much as I'm glad I will be leaving CC, I loved it the last two years. I met a lot of new people and the experience was (almost always) great. I joined clubs and met great people in my classes. It's not going to be the same as the freshman experience, of course not, but you'll have your chance once you transfer. Go for ittt

RheeL3 · 06-03-2010, 11:16 PM

H-e-l-l YES!

I got into UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD as a senior in high school but I didn't want my parents to have to put any of their money for my education. Granted they did have money saved up, but I felt it was my own responsibility. I'm glad I went to CC or else I would have been an immature freshman (in my opinion) and wouldn't have been as motivated as I am now. I've also met friends who will be coming with my to UCLA which is always nice in a huge school.

Don't look back, enjoy the opportunity even if it doesn't seem right at first.

nothing_at_all · 06-04-2010, 12:40 AM

I would say.... no. Well, I got into UCLA and ended up at a CC because I got myself rescinded, so it was my own fault I ended up there. I ended up falling in love with my CC though, and met some awesome people and definitely matured and focused my interests. I too would have ended up a lost, immature freshman if I went straight out of hs, but as a transfer I didn't get into UCLA again so I'm headed to Davis (no offense to Davis, but it's not what I was plannin for). So, yes it was a valuable experience but no, I think I'd rather have gone to UCLA straight out of high school. But what can ya do. :P

killerforhire · 06-04-2010, 12:53 AM

Hands down, yes. The personal attention I got from my professors and some of the classmates I've met over the past two years have made the whole experience so worth it.

lucyc66 · 06-04-2010, 12:54 AM

I would say definitely. During my senior year I only applied to CSU's and got into all of them (there's no way I would have been accepted to ANY of the UC's), and if i had decided to go i would have gone to CSULB because it's only about 2 miles away from my house and I would have ended up still living with my mom and missing out on the dorm experience anyway (we're very low income so dorms were out of the question).

I had absolutely no motivation to continue my education by the end of senior year and decided to take a year off. I ended up going back to school last summer because i really wasn't doing anything with myself. I was walking by my local CC one day and figured i should just apply.

Now i am extremely motivated (4.0!) and have the very real opportunity to get accepted at the UC of my choice. Most of my professors have been great and inspiring

jyi90 · 06-04-2010, 01:15 AM

Hell yes. To anyone who's going to college this year, I always recommend that they at least consider community college. As a HS senior in 2008, I got into small and not very known liberal arts colleges, thinking about the college search about finding the college that best "fit" me--that romantic notion. I had a 3.3 (failed AP English junior year, etc....) and got rejected from 5/7 colleges. In addition, I did not have any idea what I wanted to do with life and financial issues did not matter to me.

I negligently enrolled in a (top) CC (it was pretty, and far away) and ended up, as of currently, having a 3.7 GPA w/awesome EC's and work experience, as I've been working thru these last two years. I actually have an idea what I wanna do in life, cut my potential college debt in half, matured A LOT, and met some awesome people of truly diverse backgrounds. If I went to that 4-year liberal arts college, I would have potentially had 40k of debt on my hands after my UG graduation. Not to mention that with these credentials, I got into the top public school in the world, a BIG jump from that small lib-art college.

. Also, in contrast, I will probably have AT MOST 20k of debt upon graduation in 2012.

In other words, I'm glad I didn't trade in my 4-year experience for Berkeley &hearts;
Definitely worth it. Brother might do it too.

JC1029 · 06-04-2010, 01:18 AM

I'll just state the obvious...the $$ you're saving going to CC definitely makes it worthwhile. I think the whole "college experience" is what you make out of it. If you have a good personality, you can make friends regardless of whether you're a jr. or sr. in college...or anytime in life for that matter.

cupcakes101 · 06-04-2010, 01:26 AM

only go if you have the self-discpline and willing to dedicate a lot of study hours to your subjects. College is a lot harder than high school. many freshmen just want to party. as a freshmen, all i wanted to do was party. i learned that education comes first before anything else in life.

cupcakes101 · 06-04-2010, 01:29 AM

i thought of going to a community college first but then my mom thought that going to a uc would be a better option. ***. she thinks that community college kids are bad and unmotivated.

I was scared as hell to go to a university. she doesn't understand the expectations and sh**t of a university. I was thinking that community college would be better because, it's easier to get into any university of your choice.

cupcakes101 · 06-04-2010, 01:32 AM

hey, there are advantages and disadvantages to both sides. by that i mean going to university straight out of high school or going to community college.

bagelsbagels · 06-04-2010, 01:41 AM

depending on where you are in life, you have to do what you have to do

i love my story, i love my struggle

bagelsbagels · 06-04-2010, 01:47 AM

i got into dartmouth out of highschool btw

nyc_dream1 · 06-04-2010, 02:13 AM

Out of High School, I got in 5 4-year colleges and rejected by 5.
Going to cc is the best decision ever. Before, I was an arrogant kid who though cc is just for dumb ppl. However, after my experience at cc, I met so many ppl from all walk of life and all range of age and know more why they are at cc.
I truly understand now that college is what u make of it.
Oh and the financial advantages beat everything else.
Going through cc, i'm in a better place now...
but sometimes I do wonder..what if ?

anyways, will try to enjoy the next 2 years at UC