<p>Entourage that makes sense; Just like the first 2 years at UCB tend to weed a lot of people out, so do community colleges. By the time you get through all of the prereqs, you’re competing with a smaller pool of people and usually tougher material.</p>
<p>In that sense, you may be right that a community college student with completely fulfilled prereqs for their major and a really good essay may have an easier time getting into UCB than a high school grad with a really good essay.</p>
<p>However, community college can be tough. Yes, the class sizes are smaller - I remember finishing up Multivariable Calc with about 15 people left in my class, a far cry from the ~80 that showed up on day one and the ~40 that stole all the seats that weren’t even on the waitlist. (I HATE it when they do that!)</p>
<p>Or… the counselors that are harder to reach than the President of the United States! At my college you needed to make appointments weeks in advance - if you weren’t one of the first ~10 people in line at 8am you wouldn’t get an appointment for the day 2 weeks ahead. </p>
<p>Don’t even get me started on financial aid - they once sent my verification forms out in September and then told me I wouldn’t get any finaid until February or March :</p>