Going to college in 2010.

USMC0311
Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:42:06 +0000

I would recommend going to community college and get your 60 units out of the way, maintain a solid 3.2+ GPA and transfer to a great school as a junior. The UC system gives preference to community college transfers and if you do fairly well at CC you will have no problem getting into top notch schools like UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Cal Poly SLO, UCSD, or UCI. This way you can pay tuition out of pocket for your first 2 years and have 36 months left to finish at the university of your choice.

The new GI bill pays for 36 months of education. If you dont go to summer school it will last you 4 years. If you go to summer school it will pay you for 3 years but you will probably graduate in 3 years. The 36 months are enough.

I go to UCSD and the GI bill is hooking it up. I went to CC for a year and a half, took a lot of classes and just recently transferred. Out of high school there is no way I could have gotten into a great school like that. Community college is the way to go for the first two years. Good luck.