<p>I drove by our local community college this morning and I saw cars parked on the large lawn in front of the college. Our daughter starts at another CC next week and I think that they have a record number of students. I’m going to leave a little early just in case there’s a massive amount of traffic. We should be safe as her first class is at 8:30 (will drop her off around 8:10) but you never know. It’s a downtown CC and traffic can be crazy even without CC traffic.</p>
<p>Enrollment at my CC is up 50% from last year and financial aid requests are up 40%! Thank God I applied for FA the first day I could possibly pull the information together! There’s a big list on the school’s website of “full” programs no longer accepting applicants . . . about a third of them are full.</p>