<p>soccer_guy472, I read in other threads that you had an extremely low EFC and also you’re talking about transferring. If you are unsure of your current school and it’s financial obligations, I would STRONGLY ADVISE you to at least consider your local CC. It is not worth it to go into nearly $60,000 worth of debt for UConn. There’s not one sane person who would tell you it is worth it. </p>
<p>Community Colleges get a horrendous reputation, when they provide accessible and quality education for all. Are the classes easier? It doesn’t matter. The bottom line is that the credit transfers. Period. You are using the same books at a CC that you are at a 4 year school. Many professors who teach at CCs also teach at 4 year schools. </p>
<p>I’ve taken classes at a school similar to UConn, and at a community college. It will be easier for you to achieve a higher GPA at your community college, but that is not to say you aren’t working hard and you aren’t learning. As Bait&Switch said, the classes are still the same material and the same difficulty, it’s just the grading that is easier. If you go to a school like UConn, you will be in 300+ person classes where your grades are determined on how well you do on scantron tests. A community college grades more holistically like a high school, where you have assignments, projects, tests, a mixture of grades. </p>
<p>I wish that I would have considered my community college more, because today I could be looking at colleges that I wouldn’t have been able to be admitted to as a freshman (such as UNC), and I also wouldn’t be in debt as much as I currently am. Keep in mind that UNC meets 100% of all applicants financial need. Costs will not be a concern at UNC. I was in a similar situation before I was going to go to my school and my advice is to go to the CC.</p>
<p>Again, UConn won’t help you. It will be easier to make up reasons to transfer to a 4 year school from a CC than from UConn. It will be less hectic to get recommendation letters from professors of 300+ lecture halls compared to 30 person classrooms. And you will have a higher GPA, which will make you a better candidate for admission. Add this to the savings of tens of thousands of dollars and I would say do it. UConn will always be on the table if you want to transfer after a year or two, right now they’re not giving you anything that is too good to pass up on given your financial circumstances.</p>