hi my name is Kylie and i wanted to know how hard it is to get into out of state community colleges. I don’t have the best grades and i haven’t taken back to back language classes so getting into an out of state college would be really hard. I would stay where i am but i need a new start and i really like other states. And i would love to transfer so a university after a year or two. But i was told by some people that community colleges really don’t except out of state admission.
Most community colleges have open enrollment or if you do not meet the basic admission criteria will admit you conditionally and work with you through remedial courses until you are able to study at the college level. Ohio has a very strong community college network that works to establish transferable credits to the public universities in Ohio. Columbus State pioneered this system decades ago working with Ohio State and it has really made higher education accessible and affordable across the state. If you know which university you plan to finish your degree, be sure any courses you take will be accepted for credit there.
Ohio Community Colleges take OOS students, though they pay more than in state students:
http://www.cscc.edu/academics/tuition-fees/
Columbus State admission info/scores needed:
http://www.cscc.edu/admissions/placement-testing/need-placement.shtml
University of Toledo offers good OOS and OOS transfer scholarships:
http://www.utoledo.edu/
Do some basic research online based on what states you are interested in and read through the admission requirements, courses available and the process of transferring to university so you can plan ahead accordingly.
Also, ask if the credits that are accepted grant credit for the specific coursework required for your intended degree. Before our state established the ‘transfer assurance guide’ the universities would ‘accept credit’ at transfer but they wouldn’t necessarily count toward specific classes. For example in the 1990’s, I took a history class at Ohio University and although Ohio State ‘accepted the credit’ I could not use it to fulfill a general education requirement for a history class. It came in as an undefined 3 credit hours, meaning it bumped up my earned credits but didn’t actually help me toward meeting requirements for my degree. And some students depending on who was evaluating their transcript would be able to negotiate credit for a specific history class. It was basically a mess, with community college students arriving to university and needing three plus years of coursework and wondering why they had even started at a community college. Make sure whichever state you pick has worked out such kinks so the years you spend at community college get you where you want to go. Thankfully, Ohio has a great system now and our community colleges offer plenty of the TAG courses.
What state do you live in?
What States are you considering?
What’s your parents’ budget?
What’s your current weighted and u weighted GPA? Do you have a test score?
Can you afford an OOS CC? Where would you live?
It is a lot cheaper to go in-state where you live now. You will still pay OOS tuition at the 4year schools in most states if you just moved for CC, too.
I think there is zero point going OOS for comm college. It will be MUCH more expensive than your local CC and you will have the additional expesne of room and board. Can you afford that? Get your general Ed out of the way locally, then transfer OOS if you are still interested in that.