Transferring from a CC to UC = missed "college experience"?

poppin3000
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:36:44 +0000

I think I had a pretty interesting CCC experience.

At De Anza, I had really bizarre schedules because I was working most of the time. So I’d actually end up in a lot of night classes, which meant that I ended up making a lot of “Adult” friends; read: people who were a lot older than me. I think those interactions helped accelerate my maturity a LOT though, and now that I’m in day classes with people the same age as me at Foothill College, I’ve been OFTEN mistaken as a 25+ year old by my peers (I’m 19).

Point is, maybe the CCC experience varies person to person. I have friends from high school who just ended up in new cliques, and they’re perfectly happy with that. I guess I deluded myself into thinking I was a lone-wolf for a while, but once I realized my situation, I figured that I didn’t have it too bad.

That all being said–do you miss out on a college experience? No.

Do you get a varied college experience? Hell Yes.

My take on it is that I’ll make the most of the next two years after transferring (knock on wood) to compensate for the missed time.