Im transferring for finance to a university from a community college and i feel like Im going to have trouble in many of my classes. I feel like there are stuff i need to know for some classes that I did not learn in a community collage such as equations. Another example, i know one of my classes we are going to use Excel, but i never used excel in cc.
you had better do some catching up online- UTube has lots of “how to” videos on many computer programs.
Khan academy has lots of instructional classes too.
get going!
There probably is a tutoring center at your new campus, and there might even be one that is just for your major. Find out where they are and what their hours are. You can go there and get a lot of help with this kind of thing.
If you think you don’t have enough background for some of the classes, talk that over with your advisor when you register. Maybe you do need to take a lower-level class instead.
And many on CC claim that community college is just the same as the first two years at a four year university and a good cost saving option, denying the reality that the OP will possibly experience.
@TomSrOfBoston - If the OP had completed a program of study at that particular community college that is part of a formal articulation agreement with the institution that the OP is transferring to, then the community college courses meet specific requirements for content, and the OP would be fine. However from the initial post, that doesn’t appear to be the situation that the OP is in. This will pose some challenges for the OP, but doesn’t automatically mean that all community colleges are bad choices.
Well, I did about 60 credits in cc with only 2 b’s; I finished with a 3.85 GPA. My only situation is that I was supposed to take Applied mathematics courses. I took calculus 1 and 2. UTD, however accepts Calculus as a substitute for Applied mathematics. From what i understood, Calculus is actually a more difficult course to take. I took calc 1 on senior year in high school, and calc 2 on my first semester at cc and finished both with an A. As for the rest of the classes, most of them where simple stuff that I feel dont really have much use for the real finance courses ill be taking. Really, what most concern is how much harder is the university from my community college.Anybody who also transferred from a cc find a University that much harder and after how many years did you transfer?
Happykid graduated from our local community college and transferred to a State U. She had a lot of friends from her community college who went on to any number of different colleges and universities. Some really struggled. Others did fine. In my observation, everyone’s success (or lack of success) was mostly up to the student. The secret to success seems to have been their ability to take advantage of resources available at the new place.
Since you have already identified some things (like excel) that could be gaps in your background, you can start working to overcome those gaps, including by identifying resources at your new university such as tutoring services and help centers. Don’t be afraid to walk in and get the help that you need.