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<p>Bay, that’s a really interesting question. Thanks for poking at it to bring the discussion to this point.</p>
<p>From my California-centric viewpoint, students who start at a CC and then transfer to a four-year college are often using that path to save money. They wouldn’t be interested in starting over as freshmen. </p>
<p>There are also the students who didn’t do well academically in high school, but then catch fire in junior college. It’s possible for them to transfer as juniors at the end of CC. Would some of them want to apply to a four year school as freshmen after going through two years of CC? On the one hand, admissions odds might be better when applying as a freshman rather than a transfer. Financial aid might be better, too. On the other hand, you’re committing to six years of undergrad. Expensive, time consuming, and probably not attractive to many, if any.</p>
<p>The students who I’d think get hurt the most by the “CC students have to be transfers” policy would be students who take some CC classes during a gap year (or years).</p>