<p>When a student makes a choice to attend community college (probably mostly based on finances at the time) are they taking a huge risk when it comes to fit or happiness?</p>
<p>As someone who goes from straight out of high school to a university they can decide whether or not they want to transfer out if they find they don’t like it. However, the same cannot really be said of transfers from community college. Their only option IS to transfer and they won’t know if they’ll actually end up liking their experience at the other college. Most colleges don’t accept senior transfers, so when they make this decision I feel like they are stuck. </p>
<p>I understand the whole thing about transferring to another university your last your and finishing there to get a degree, but I feel like they could set them back as a junior and let them proceed from there.</p>
<p>Not entirely clear on your question, but I don’t think it is a matter of fair or unfair. There are just various routes to gain a degree and it is not a matter of risk or fit or happiness. A student just needs to make the best of whatever route he or she is on.</p>
<p>As for a transfer student having just one or two years at the final 4year college–and how it may not be a good fit–there are plenty of students who start at a 4year college that is not a good fit but for various reasons, often finances, can’t transfer out and need to stay all 4 years anyhow. </p>
<p>I would propose that MOST of the problems that students whine about in terms of a good fit are problems with the <em>student</em> and not with the college itself. The student is immature, or too introverted, or too emotionally needy or coddled, or suffering from “grass is greener on the other side” syndrome to simply take all the college has to offer and maximize the opportunities. They get stuck on “what if”.</p>
<p>I think what he’s saying is that students that come in to university out of high school have the opportunity to transfer to another university. CC students can only transfer once to another university and then they are stuck there.</p>
<p>I don’t think its unfair. I feel that most CC students just want to finish their degree and fit and happiness in their transfer school is not as big a priority.</p>