Local Community College or UCLA?

[Altema]

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But if you transfer, you’ll still have to pay 2 years of UCLA…why not pay for 2 more?
eh, tough decision. good luck

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<p>Why buy a Toyota Camry? You’ll have to pay 20k for it, so why not get a BMW 3 series for 35k? Because it’s still 15k more expensive and two years of school is 40k~ more money spent. His focus is money, everyone cares about the experience. I feel kind of bad that I did not get the full experience, but when you dont have money you have to make the best of the situation. </p>

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altema: Thanks, I will take your word on that I can transfer after 1 year if I met all the prereqs. Do you think my activites in high school will count at all if and when I apply as a transfer? I mean I would have only had 1 year of comm. college experience, so I didn’t have much time for activities

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<p>They should. The application looks the same as your HS UC aps so you can list them. </p>

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don’t go to CC…
you’re only paying instate tuition. Even if you’re paying full(don’t drag your parents into this), its only like what, 25k a yr? There are some who take out like 30k~40k loans per yr just to go to college.
though u’d have like 100k in debt(that’s alot >.<), don’t do it.

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<p>You really gotta find a better reason to encourage him. His parents barely make ends meet and you are telling him to basically get 50k in debt. </p>

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I say go to UCLA. People will assume that you didn’t get in the first time if you transfer. I also think the freshman experience is important

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<p>Who cares about fact that people will assume you didn’t get in the first time? I honestly never cared, lol. </p>

<p>Freshman experience is important but if he’s going to be so much in debt and burden his family, it’s better to not cause more harm than is needed.</p>