<p>Community college is centered around the people who are typically not university level yet. That being said, I don’t think the courses are uni quality because of the following:</p>
<p>A.) Huge mix of people, and I don’t mean ethnicity wise. You have a range from high school cut ups who just barely got their diploma or GED and freak out at a 5 page paper to the AP monsters who either didn’t get the scholarships they need or don’t want to move away. Naturally, CC’s focus on the middle ground. A lot of them don’t have study habits and put off stuff to the last minute like in HS.</p>
<p>B.) Weak grading policy. Out of most of my classes, I’ve been getting high A’s on everything just by studying a few days to a week before the test. No need for consistent study. And to be honest, if you want a C in a class all you need to do is pick a well rated professor and listen in class, do homework if it counts, and study a bit. And I’m taking English with a “tough” professor, her ratings were almost all how she graded harshly and people got low grades, but we are taught well along with many students not being completely dimwitted.</p>
<p>C.) Mediocrity complacency. It’s almost common place to procrastinate, tell people about it, and blow off grades. Mostly because C’s get degrees runs rampant. The easy grades, low bar set, and lack of incentives really hurts productivity. The smarter kids usually realize even if they get into UVA or whatever, they are not as likely to get into their desired program. </p>
<p>D.) Adjunct faculty. This means they don’t work there full time or simply don’t stay long, whichever it is I don’t like it. Professors come and go too quickly and a group of students can easily get screwed by a REALLY bad professor, IE one that doesn’t teach, is off topic all class, or just doesn’t show up.</p>
<p>If you can go to a college, don’t be afraid to just go to a lower ranked one and take a nice scholarship instead of going only for W&M, UVA, etc. Even if you don’t like huge gen eds, they really aren’t that bad considering the shortfalls of CC.</p>
<p>Only use CC if you blew your GPA into the ground in Freshman or Sophomore year and don’t have a means of really getting anywhere.</p>