<p>I am transferring to San Luis Obispo and will be attending Cuesta College for a year and then hopefully will go to Cal Poly. However, I’m worried about not getting accepted into Cal Poly and was wondering if graduating from a community college is looked down upon or would be harmful to my future career.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>In my experience, Comm College is a good start for someone. Its cheaper than a full university, lets people adjust to a higher level of education and give students a broad range of experience with others because comm colleges tend to have a very wide age range and demographic of people. I left the military, obtained my associates and transferred to a 4 yr to finish my Bachelor’s. Personally I think that the whole college system puts too much pressure on kids to get into certain schools. In reality, ANY school can provide you an education. A state school can be just as good as a private college. In the end, its the person that makes themself a success, not the name of the school they went to (I am sure others will argue this point). There can be some difference in the quality of instruction, in my experience I had great teachers generally and was able to master concepts I had never even learned in HS very easily. A person who has all the grades, EC activities, test scores, ect ect has shown that they are willing to work hard and this is the spark that will give them success. College is a business foremost- they want your dollar no matter how lofty their exclamations of Academia. If you want to be smart about it you will go as cheaply as possible at first to do your basic classes that you will never worry about again later. After that transfer to do your Major. Just an opinion but it worked for me and I am successful and didnt have to fall back on a School name to get me there. There are most likely more people who never went on to be ultra-successful having gone to Harvard than did and people who never even went to college and became great (Bill Gates). Dont buy the Hype!</p>
<p>I agree. It’s not the school. It’s the person. Gwen Stefani, Tom Hanks, and James Cameron went to state schools, while Matt Damon and Jack Black dropped out of Harvard and UCLA. Some schools even give priority to cc transfers.</p>