Comm College vs. 4 year

[RAAMONE]

I went to a 4 year school but my girl is currently going to a community college. i guess it kinda depends what your major is but her school is very highly rated for their nursing program

after 2 years of school and a year of clinicals she will be an RN and be making very good money

sometimes Community colleges make sense...and Anthony is coming off like an idiot right now...Vos has a point that he wants to see how his child will adjust to college before dishing out 30 grand a year

high school has nothing to do with college...totally different atmosphere

whats your take?

[angrymissy]

You can do 2 years at a comm, and the other 2 at a 4 year college, and save a shitload of money.

[Furtherman]

high school has nothing to do with college...totally different atmosphere

Damn right.

I went to a four year. Wish I stayed five. Got a great education and even better friends which turn out to be good contacts in the work force, which is really all you need with good work ethic and personality.

The only downside was the college loans it took me around eight years to pay off. I'd do it again but I would work through school.

[EddieMoscone]

Nurses are starting at 80K a year right now, so you could do worse than going to CC for nursing. Some professions just don't require 4 years of training.

I went to Queensborough CC in the late 90's and it was a great experience. The staff was willing to work with students and I learned a bunch. It really got me prepared to be a student again. When I entered my 4 year college a few years to get my Hospitality Management degree, it was a breeze, and I owe a part of my success to the time I spend at CC.

Not eeveryone can be like Anthony and drop out of high school and eventually become a multi millionaire. We all take different paths...

[RAAMONE]

Nurses are starting at 80K a year right now, so you could do worse than going to CC for nursing. Some professions just don't require 4 years of training.

I went to Queensborough CC in the late 90's and it was a great experience. The staff was willing to work with students and I learned a bunch. It really got me prepared to be a student again. When I entered my 4 year college a few years to get my Hospitality Management degree, it was a breeze, and I owe a part of my success to the time I spend at CC.

Not eeveryone can be like Anthony and drop out of high school and eventually become a multi millionaire. We all take different paths...

judging from my chick and other friends experiences of CC's. thier porfessors seemed to be better than what i dealt with...regarding making time and working with the students

[TheMojoPin]

Community colleges are what you put into it. Sure, some of them are shitty or staffed with shitty teachers, but tons of the them are great places to expand your studies and encounter incredible educators. Hell, I want to be and am studying to be a teacher at DePaul now because of one of my community college professors back in VA.

[silks]

Just don't go to art school and you'll be fine.

[midwestjeff]

Just don't go to art school and you'll be fine.

or major in philosophy. :help:

[El Mudo]

You can do 2 years at a comm, and the other 2 at a 4 year college, and save a shitload of money.

Exactly. Because basically during your first two years of college youre taking your "core" classes that EVERYONE has to take irregardless of your major. You really don't get into taking stuff thats specifically for your major until your last two years. In my case, I took the exact same classes I would have taken at the University of Maryland, but didn't have to pay a quarter of what I would have paid to go there TO TAKE THE EXACT SAME CLASSES mind you, with professors who taught at both places! Also, in the state of Maryland, if you get an associate's degree from a CC in the University of Maryland system, you are by law guaranteed admission into pretty much every major public university in the State. That really helped someone like me, who had good grades in HS (3.5) but a pretty lousy SAT, which made it pretty much impossible for me to get accepted to UMaryland where the mean GPA is something crazy like 3.85 and borderline SAT is 1300. The only thing you really miss in CC is the so called "college experience" of your first two years., which I didn't really have time for anyway, since I was working all the time.

Anyone who says its a "waste of time" or just "the thirteenth grade" is a complete ass who has no idea what theyre talking about.

And to expound on Mojo's point more, the two best teachers I ever had were in community college. I still carry a ton of what i've learned from them with me and use it daily

[A.J.]

irregardless

:down:

[duderino]

Community colleges are what you put into it

Exactly....same as a four-year college. I went to a state school (4-yr) my chem class had 400 people in it. My buddy went to cc had 30 people in his chem class. Exact same curriculum but far better student to professor ratio.

My 4-yr degree taught me calculate the student to professor ratio and determine which ratio is better. So there...

[midwestjeff]

Exactly....same as a four-year college. I went to a state school (4-yr) my chem class had 400 people in it. My buddy went to cc had 30 people in his chem class. Exact same curriculum but far better student to professor ratio.

My 4-yr degree taught me calculate the student to professor ratio and determine which ratio is better. So there...

Yet it taught you nothing about Mike and Ike's. For shame.

[duderino]

Yet it taught you nothing about Mike and Ike's. For shame.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[PhishHead]

:down:

AJ is too quick for me, I was going to point that out as well.

[El Mudo]

AJ is too quick for me, I was going to point that out as well.

Wow...I never even knew it wasn't considered "standard" or "correct"

[Ritalin]

Community colleges are what you put into it. Sure, some of them are shitty or staffed with shitty teachers, but tons of the them are great places to expand your studies and encounter incredible educators. Hell, I want to be and am studying to be a teacher at DePaul now because of one of my community college professors back in VA.

DePaul alum checking in.

[ADF]

Wow...I never even knew it wasn't considered "standard" or "correct"

"Irregardless" is one of those things that will make any English major cringe. It ranks right up there with "I could care less."

On topic, like Mojo said, education at any level is what you put into it. True, in some cases the name of the school on the diploma may get you ahead, but for the rest of us, it's the effort that matters.