<p>I went to community college and my experience wasn’t bad. It may seem like high school II but I never thought of it like that. I got one-on-one help with instructors who knew me and actually cared about me. I am still friends with my advanced English professor. I matured and I became unintimidated by the student teacher relationship. When I started UCD I noticed that there was little interaction between professor and student. As for internships and research assistant positions, I am currently an RA and most of us (basically all) are upper division seniors and juniors who have each other in our other major classes. It gets hilarious, how small the big campus becomes, once one enters the upper divs :).
To be honest, you are not going to get the level of care and attention at the university as you would at a CC especially if you are one of the stand-out students of the CC. </p>
<p>But there is nothing wrong with jumping in to the uni right after HS either. All they care about from transfers is GE out of the way, major prerequisites completed, and a fairly decent GPA. I had a 3.93 GPA with all IGETC (general education) finished. I am a statistics/psychology double major.</p>