Is community college the right fit?

stephrp
Sun, 03 Aug 2014 03:14:34 +0000

You really need to figure out what you want out of college and what you plan on doing after undergrad. If you are looking at applying to graduate school, it’s probably better to go straight into a university provided you can academically handle it. If you had so-so grades in high school, a community college may be better. You may want to utilize your time at a community college to strengthen your studying and reading abilities to help improve the way you function as a college student. Community college allows you more leeway to dick around. You’ll also save thousands of dollars going to a community college.

If you’re looking for the college experience, you won’t find it at a community college. But if you’re only at a community college for a year or two, most likely you’ll still be able to have that college experience when you transfer if you look hard enough for it.

If you choose to go to a community college, figure out right away where you want to transfer to and how long you want to stay at a community college before you do so. Contact an adviser at the community college and at the university and align your classes up right from the start.