Community College Instant Decision Days

hudsonvalley51
Fri, 29 May 2009 15:31:11 +0000

Card – I think the biggest difference is that the CCs in our area are targeting everyone from the weakest to the strongest students. This is includes many kids who would be better off breaking the cord tying them to parents and high school friends, and who would be better off with the challenges found at a good 4-year institution with a strong student body. I frankly don’t see a great deal of value in the A/A- student who has the money and ability to attend a Geneseo opting instead to hang out in the hometown with his high school friends for another two years in order to save $3,000.

But that’s my bias based on seeing too many kids squander their promise, and based on the academically uneven CCs in our area.