<p>LOL Lax will have a blast at UCLA.</p>
<p>I can’t wait kevin haha, where you headed?</p>
<p>Moses, it’s not really worth coming here and discussing your views. I mean I am all for freedom of speech, but you are literally entering the lair and throwing rocks. </p>
<p>I see how you might feel that HS should be the only way into “elite” colleges, but that approach and mindset is impractical in general. Basically you are pushing for every student to know what and where they want to be - -and to mindlessly work hard for a goal they have yet to understand. </p>
<p>One of the things I have learned during my time at the CC is this: the first two years of college is an excuse to get away from your parents. You take these “GE” classes for what? Maybe 1 or 2 will interest you, but those classes are just meant to guide you into an education you might use to do what you will love. </p>
<p>I can say this, if I had chosen to go to college directly out of HS, which I wanted to do but do to circumstances well beyond my control, I chose to take the CC route. While at my current CC, De Anza, (by the way DVC just got hit by a scandal saying students have been buying grades for years 
so much for them) I learned through some great programs developed to guide students into a education what I wanted to do in general. </p>
<p>I don’t have the resources to sit around paying out of state tuition and partying, as much as I would like to. Also, I don’t see how graduating out of high school with high marks makes you any more prepared for college. If you think going to college is going to a top tier university you are wrong. I had to develop the skills - study wise - among other things before I could really utilize the college I will be going to in the fall. </p>
<p>I highly doubt that you will be taking full advantage of UMICH, and I don’t mean this as an insult, it’s just how can you? You know nothing about it, yet. CC is like a bridge between HS and college and develops the skills necessary to succeed beyond ones normal capacity in college, but also steer you into a direction so that you can be focused and driven, which is what colleges look for in their students. </p>
<p>You will disagree now, but in the long run you will realize that life is nothing but infinite 2nd chances, and we transfer students are acting on that.</p>
<p>i’ll be at ucla this fall. what major are you lax?</p>
<p>history, u</p>
<p>Hi Kevin, Hi Lax…
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<p>dang with this heated debate we are still 473 posts shy of 10k, lol.</p>
<p>Moses,</p>
<p>I disagree with you on so many levels… But I can’t start a whole essay without getting emotionally fired up over it. I didn’t know who I was on HS (still don’t fully) and didn’t know anything about universities. I barely spoke English back then, I only knew 2 languages, my native language Russian and the one I grew up with in another country, Japanese. </p>
<p>CC gave me the chance to make up for all those lost years in HS. I worked VERY hard in CC… and all of my professors were pushing – all of the ones I had, at least, graduated with a PhD from either UCLA or UCB. </p>
<p>“Moses”, go chit chat with your friends about it, but don’t bring Moses to Egypt, if you know what I mean. We’re here to be polite and listen, but at the end of the day, no one wants to hear any disses in regards to their personal gains and losses. </p>
<p>Zzz…</p>
<p>im switching to bio/public health.</p>
<p>when is everyone’s orientation sessions? i’m 201, july 6th.</p>
<p>session 203, july 19. Kevin, you decided to not do physiological science?</p>
<p>Wow sakura, how did you know I was doing physiological science? And yes, I’m hoping to change my major at orientation. What’s your major sakura?</p>
<p>because Sakura is a stalker!
jk.</p>
<p>Because she’s also a physio science major.</p>
<p>Kevintech I think most of us know what each of us are studying, being that we’ve been in this forum for awhile.</p>
<p>I was kinda thinking of doing public health too.</p>
<p>Hey where are you all staying?</p>
<p>Kevintech we have the same orientation day, CC meetup holla!</p>
<p>LOL Yams. Hmm I might do public health too depending on how much time I have. Yes, I am a physiological science major too. I hear it’s one of the most competitive major at ucla. I’ll see exactly how competitive it is when i get there. Is that why you decided to change to bio kevin?</p>
<p>Yams, for housing. i got a double at sunset village = ( It’s so freakin expensive. The amount I pay every month is enough to pay mortgage for my parent’s house lol. I wanted hilgard…</p>
<p>I’m staying physiological science</p>
<p>sakura: yeah physiological science was somethign i thought id liek to do, but ecology and evolutionary biology is something i find a lot more interesting, to be honest. Yeah i know its weird, but i think i’ll enjoy studying EEB a lot more. Hopefully, it’s not too hard to switch, since my whole summer/fall schedule is planned out with upper div bio. when is your orientation, sakura?</p>
<p>haha yams, yeah cc meetup. it’ll be a LONGGG friday.</p>
<p>How hard is it to switch majors? I’m currently political science, but there’s a chance I might want to switch to a major in the humanities department…</p>
<p>Hmm that’s very interesting kevin. I thought ecology/evolution was the most boring part in biology. I could not stand the mindless memorization. It was much more interesting when i got to to molecular and cellular bio. Well whatever works for you kevin go for it. My orientation date is on july 19. </p>
<p>I guess I’ll be seeing you around west nile. When is your orientation date?</p>
<p>^ yeah ecology was hecka boring for me too, so was plants.</p>
<p>My orientation isn’t until Aug. 3, I am starting summer school on Aug. 5 so I don’t want to make two trips to LA.<br>
Are you taking anatomy in the fall sakura?</p>
<p>Yes I’m taking anatomy. We kinda have to. I looked at the physio major classes and they’re all offered once a year. We’ll probably end up in the same class lol.</p>