Do CCCs have 100% acceptance rate?

<p>Do I have to apply to 2 of them in case I don’t get into one of them?</p>

<p>Yes, CCs have a 100% acceptance rate. However, you should apply to multiple CCs just because it will be difficult to get into classes because of the budget cuts (many classes that would be offered under better circumstances are not) and because freshmen do not have priority registration, and I assume you’re a freshmen.</p>

<p>Is that a joke?</p>

<p>I will apply to 2 then,the application fees aren’t cheap though.</p>

<p>Have you even been on a CCC campus?</p>

<p>Not yet, I am a high school senior applying to colleges.</p>

<p>They have application fees? o_O</p>

<p>I’m going to be attending a semestered CCC and I’m going to apply to another CCC for its online classes…would it be better to apply to another semestered CCC or one that’s on the quarter system?</p>

<p>to OP: community colleges don’t reject anyone. </p>

<p>also, the ccc system in la allows you to register classes with any colleges in the district ([9</a> total](<a href=“http://www.laccd.edu/our_colleges/]9”>http://www.laccd.edu/our_colleges/)) once you’ve applied to one of the colleges and have your registration appt. i don’t know how other cc districts work, but it’s worth making sure the cccs you’re interested in your area have similar procedures. it’ll be especially difficult to register for the classes you want as an incoming student with 0 credits.</p>

<p>Is there a danger, with all the budget cuts, that by the time incoming students with 0 credits get to register all classes at CCCs will be closed and the new student will not be able to earn any credits during their first semester and when the second semester begins will be in the same situation they were in their first semester with 0 credits and unable to register for any classes? We live in the Los Rios CC district around Sacramento and are trying to decide if our son should go to CSU Sacramento where he has already been accepted or go to Cosumnes River College where he has already enrolled and has taken his placement tests and hopefully go on to UC Davis or UC Berkeley as a Physics major. In his math placement test at CRC he tested into Calculus but is there any chance of him being able to register for Calculus 1 or any other courses when registration for Summer and Fall classes begins in May? UC Davis and UC Berkeley appear to have much more to offer a Physics major than Sacramento State and would be would be where I would want him to go eventually but not if it means being trapped indefinitely in a CCC without an opportunity to take any classes.</p>

<p>@Lemaitre1</p>

<p>I’m obviously not that pessimistic. One thing you might want to do is talk with the lead professor at the physics department at CRC. Ask how impacted his physics classes are there, and whether it is hard to get seats. Tell him your son got admitted to Sac State, and ask if given the budget uncertainty, your son is safer going there for school, or is he better off staying at CRC and potentially transferring to UC Davis or higher. Also, if Sac State’s classes are just as impacted as CRC’s, then going to Sac State won’t do your son any good as far as getting out in four years goes.</p>

<p>Yes the CC’s do have a 100% acceptance rate .<br>
My only suggestion is to sign up for classes ASAP, check with your potential school to find the sign up days .</p>

<p>Back in 08 I just crashed some random late start classes , but its WAY harder now to crash classes . . Don’t take anything difficult your first semester( English 1 or 101 is pretty easy, just don’t slack off, buy all the books and read them) . Seriously, alot of students will try to to get all the hard classes done in their first semester and their GPA ends up being low. My warning is that you CAN get kicked out if you fail classes. AND IF YOUR HAVING TROUBLE WITH A CLASS, DROP IT. With any luck you’ll drop such a course before getting a W, but just keep in mind a W is so much better then a fail your first semester of college .</p>

<p>^ I would prefer instead of “IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH A CLASS, DROP IT” that students who are having trouble with a class be advised: “IF THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF PASSING A COURSE NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY AND YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF EVER REGISTERING FOR THIS CLASS AGAIN THEN YOU MAY DROP IT”</p>

<p>A student who registers for a class and then drops a class halfway through the semester has already deprived one other student, who might have successfully completed the course, an opportunity to earn credits they need to transfer and should not be allowed to take the opportunity to register for the class and take it away from yet another student in need of that class the following semester. In this era of austere budgets and long wait lists at CCCs a student should only be allowed one attempt to take a course, particularly impacted ones like Math and Science classes. I would not be surprised if one of the reasons it is so difficult to get into these classes at a CCC is because there are so many students who manage to get into it, do not like the grade they think they are going to get and take a W in it half way through the semester, only to register for the same class again for the following semester and then do the same thing all over again.</p>

<p>no this is wrong, CCCs do not have 100% acceptance rates. I spoke with the transfer center at my CC and they told me that they had to reject like 18,000 applicants simply because of budget cuts. It’s unfortunate, but it happens.</p>

<p>hahaha, well maybe since theirs going to be a budget cut they might have a requirement for all CCC’s. All i know is that the CCC’s i go to the only requirement is that your a living, breathing person.</p>

<p>Most people who are wait listed in CCC classes try to register last second or just go around school looking for open classes. I have no sympathy for these losers who can’t register for classes on their the first available date.</p>

<p>When do class registration usually start? Is it after the application deadline?</p>

<p>There is no application deadline for the CCC. You can go to their administration offices anytime that you want and ask them about registering.</p>

<p>You file some paperwork there, submit documents/transcripts/… After a few weeks, your in the system. You will likely register for your classes via a website and these registration dates for the Summer and Fall semesters will begin in May and end after about 2 weeks into the semester.</p>

<p>"^ I would prefer instead of “IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH A CLASS, DROP IT” that students who are having trouble with a class be advised: “IF THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF PASSING A COURSE NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY AND YOU HAVE NO INTENTION OF EVER REGISTERING FOR THIS CLASS AGAIN THEN YOU MAY DROP IT”</p>

<p>A student who registers for a class and then drops a class halfway through the semester has already deprived one other student, who might have successfully completed the course, an opportunity to earn credits they need to transfer and should not be allowed to take the opportunity to register for the class and take it away from yet another student in need of that class the following semester. In this era of austere budgets and long wait lists at CCCs a student should only be allowed one attempt to take a course, particularly impacted ones like Math and Science classes. I would not be surprised if one of the reasons it is so difficult to get into these classes at a CCC is because there are so many students who manage to get into it, do not like the grade they think they are going to get and take a W in it half way through the semester, only to register for the same class again for the following semester and then do the same thing all over again."</p>

<p>In the real world no one thinks like that . Most students SHOULD drop classes their having serious trouble with if they care about their GPA. I’ve seen students drop classes right before a final, even though they were earning something like a high C. Thats because if you have a 3.8, or a 3.6 and your pretty sure your going to get a D in some class its best to drop . For my language class their was at least 15 extra people the first day . A few weeks later test 1 came, after that half the enrolled students dropped and everyone who waited got a spot .</p>

<p>PROTECT YOU GPA, one F or D at your community college can destroy any chance you have of transferring to a very competitive school.</p>

<p>“I’ve seen students drop classes right before a final, even though they were earning something like a high C.”</p>

<p>These are precisely the types of students who should not be allowed to register for that class again. They were passing the course and it was way beyond the time when a student could have been admitted to the class off the wait list so opportunities for students to get credit for those classes were wasted for no good reason. The students who dropped the courses just before the final had all semester to protect their GPAs but did not think the grade they would get would be high enough. I am sure students think it is in their interest to drop a course and take a W until they are certain they will get an A but that would be extremely damaging to the institution and with the cuts in class sections the CCCs are facing will bring the whole process of going to a CCC and then transferring to a UC or CSU to a grinding halt.</p>

<p>While the students think they have to protect their GPAs the CCCs have to protect their mission which is to give the greatest number of students possible the chance to transfer to a four year school in the least amount of time possible. With the cuts in classes that are coming this fall I think the CCCs should institute a hard and fast rule that any student who accumulates five or more Ws in a two year period should be automatically dismissed from the school.</p>