<p>Someone earlier hit the nail on the head. It’s mostly CC students who give community colleges the negative stigma. Most people in UC’s couldn’t care less about us. I have a friend who attends Berkeley. The only thing he knows about CC is what I tell him, or what transfer students in his classes tell him, and thus people in UC’s will have a negative perception of us.</p>
<p>Perhaps another negative social stigma is that many CC students are unmotivated and lazy, which is true for the most part. I have met very few people who are truly motivated to succeed, not just in school, but in life.</p>