<p>Well, some of the negative comments towards CC students earlier were pretty unfair. I suppose that’s what happens with generalizations, maybe from the other side it’s easier to see. Although I must admit, on the whole my experience is much more towards what Coolbeans describes than some of the other negative descriptions. </p>
<p>I also haven’t seen any numbers that are so extremely convincing, although I admit maybe I missed them or didn’t look that hard. I mean, statistics can be manipulated anyway. I could probably find the positive ones that policy makers are using to support this.The only ones I saw were the GPA drop at W and M which isn’t surprising since they’re known for tough grading, and at the other school (can’t remember which one) it was like not even a drop of .5, which isn’t even half of a letter grade. A drop like that would be expected at first as someone acclimated I would think. I wouldn’t expect that their GPA would go up. Even a freshman admit would probably have a GPA drop compared to what they had at high school college prep level, although by all definitions in this thread these are people “prepared” for the work. </p>
<p>Also I thought the numbers given were very vague, we would need more a breakdown IMO. Not just the average and average drops. We would have to see entering GPA range vs drop range. And more than two schools, that makes it kind of sketchy, like at the other schools they didn’t drop or something. And while appreciate you relaying what someone told you anecdotally, I’m sure you understand that it’s not the same as a hard number. This person could have lied to you for their own motivation for all I know, I mean I really can’t base my opinion off of this.</p>