Denied at almost every school...

SamuraiLandshark
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:45:42 +0000

I honestly don’t even think community college is an ironclad safety in California, these days.

You can go…but if you can’t get your classes each term to make academic progress in a reasonable amount of time, then it’s a big problem. And…it’s been a huge problem in the community colleges in So Cal with the budget cuts.

In our area, we don’t even have a “geographic” preference in admissions for the Cal States universities. It used to be that students could apply to a Cal State and be reasonably assured of admission. Not so, anymore - even with relatively good stats. Again…see budget cuts.

Maybe it’s different in other states. Applying to one school would be downright ridiculous, unless you 1) had the financial resources to go there and didn’t have to compare financial aid/scholarship offers 2) were absolutely convinced of getting in. Those are two big if’s for most people.