<p>People who are just trying to annoy people by saying “You should consider community college” are really stupid. They just prove how little of social lives they have and their extent of their immaturity. I don’t even they find it funny. They are just desperate for someone to give them some attention and laugh.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>someone will post:
my stats are : 2200 sat 750’s on 3 sat ii and a bunch of ec’s.</p>
<p>“You won’t get in to anywhere”</p>
<p>And it’s no just one person because I keep seeing these annoying people.</p>
<p>The reason people say play the CC card is because its pretty obvious that the person has a decent chance of getting in. If a person has a 2400 sat with a perfect UW GPA and then posts on these threads asking ‘can i go to rutgers in-state?’, what do you think people will say? Yes? I mean, it’s just too easy.</p>
<p>i say people should consider CC when they really should.</p>
<p>Why waste money on an education equivalent to 4 years of CC (like going to some crappy state school) when u can go to CC for two years for free and then transfer somewhere good.</p>
<p>Here is an example.
If someone said “Well i goofed off in highschool, so chance me”
and then they list say
CSU sacramento
CSU san francisco
Cal Poly Pomona</p>
<p>my recommendation would be to go to CC and then transfer somewhere good like Davis, or UCI, or UCSD, UCLA, or Cal (if they could get in).</p>
<p>The quality of education at the OPs three original schools would be very similar to that of 4 years of CC level education. </p>
<p>When they say that they “goofed off in highschool”, and then ask for chances as crumby schools, they are settling for less than best.</p>
<p>I think an important rule to go by with colleges is never settle what you dont want. If they say that they wish they had tried harder so that they could go somewhere good, there still is time to work for it.</p>
<p>Why go to CSU Sacramento if you could go to CC for two year (almost the same quality of education) and then transfer to UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>Personally I am sick of people making fun of community college. It is a viable and valuable option for a lot of people. The smartest kid (IMO) in my school is going to a local community college and hoping to transfer because a) he can’t afford a U and b) he goofed off during high school. But he is brilliant and I can already tell he will be successful without an Ivy. Lots of the teenage moms in the literacy program I volunteer in are DREAMING of community college, it’s just sad when it gets mocked by snotty Ivy league people who think “you should go to community college” is the lowest of all insults.</p>
<p>This thread is funny. The OP points out something worthwhile and a stupid idiot like BIGTWIX proves the OP’s point. Tell me BIGTWIX, why is 4 years of a Cal State school equivalent to 4 years of CC? That statement makes absolutely no sense. Like I said, this thread is funny in that way.</p>
<p>In addition to what branderson and southeasttitan have said, it’s also insulting to downgrade CCs. People on this site seem to have a hard time believing that not everyone applying to college comes from an upper middle class family that can afford to send their children to expensive universities. Many people who attend community colleges are extremely bright, intelligent, and academically motivated but cannot afford a $40,000/year education and have no other choice but to attend their local community college.</p>
<p>My physics teacher has an IQ of 160-something. He is the smartest man I know. He went to Rutgers because he couldn’t afford to go to Berkeley. Rutgers is not a CC, but in NJ you can pretty much walk into Rutgers as long as you passed school and got average (1500/2400) SAT scores. He deserved to get an Ivy League education, but he went to the school that he could afford. He loves every day of his life, teaching physics to undeserving kids (like me). He is a success.</p>
<p>People on CC are sadistic. They will say that the person will only get into a Community College to make themselves feel taller. By putting down the 2200-scorer, they can feel better about their 2150, etc… That is my opinion. People do it because they are insecure about their own stats and chances.</p>
<p>Edit: Looked at your chances thread. Your school uses the numerical grading system; we use the 4-point system. We’re not the same. It’d be a small world though, if we were from the same school.</p>