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You bring up another issue. Paying for school. It's easier to let someone else pay for it. The benefit of private schools.
I have every intention of sending my kids to CC for the first two years simply because of the cost save. I will, literally, shave three years off of the cost of both of my girls educations combined. Also, there are scholarship opportunities available to transfer students. I came out of a CC and won a full scholarship to a private university to study engineering. I would have had nothing in the way of financial aid if I'd gone to a 4 year university first.
I have every intention of sending my kids to CC for the first two years simply because of the cost save. I will, literally, shave three years off of the cost of both of my girls educations combined. Also, there are scholarship opportunities available to transfer students. I came out of a CC and won a full scholarship to a private university to study engineering. I would have had nothing in the way of financial aid if I'd gone to a 4 year university first.
If your child get a full scholarship or financial package to a 4-year school, will you still have them go to CC?
A lot of universities, such as my own, don't allow transfer students at all. So you're limiting your selection.
That is because the students who are caring, driven and smart go elsewhere.
My daughter could have gone to our local CC totally free... but did not. It would not have challenged her at all!
Hmm, I wonder about that. You think Chem 101 or Calculus I, II, and III is any easier at CC than it is at $20K/year U? Other than perhaps a longer semester (18 weeks or so) paces things a little more vs quarters or 16 week semesters but the material is about the same. Same books. The first two years at a U are about the same as the courses at a CC anyway except for maybe engineering and some other more challenging majors.
I think a lot of kids who get two years out of the way at a CC are smarter than kids who spend $40K at a U. When the U kids get out, many are in deep debt vs the CC/State U kids who get owing a lot less or nothing and can immediately start investing instead of paying off the $40K they spent taking generic US History or PE or a bunch of expensive electives.
Hmm, I wonder about that. You think Chem 101 or Calculus I, II, and III is any easier at CC than it is at $20K/year U? Other than perhaps a longer semester (18 weeks or so) paces things a little more vs quarters or 16 week semesters but the material is about the same. Same books. The first two years at a U are about the same as the courses at a CC anyway except for maybe engineering and some other more challenging majors.
Books and material might be the same, but expectations and rigors are typically far apart in comparison. I have experience in this.
I have every intention of sending my kids to CC for the first two years simply because of the cost save. I will, literally, shave three years off of the cost of both of my girls educations combined. Also, there are scholarship opportunities available to transfer students. I came out of a CC and won a full scholarship to a private university to study engineering. I would have had nothing in the way of financial aid if I'd gone to a 4 year university first.
This sounds like a multiple success story. I will probably do something similar unless my kids get some sort of scholarship to UCLA or UCSB or some other California university.
Hmm, I wonder about that. You think Chem 101 or Calculus I, II, and III is any easier at CC than it is at $20K/year U? Other than perhaps a longer semester (18 weeks or so) paces things a little more vs quarters or 16 week semesters but the material is about the same. Same books. The first two years at a U are about the same as the courses at a CC anyway except for maybe engineering and some other more challenging majors.
She majored in engineering... and AP'd out of Chem 101, and Calc 1 and 2 (or whatever the intro equivalents are...).
Definitely NOT challenging enough for her....
She majored in engineering... and AP'd out of Chem 101, and Calc 1 and 2 (or whatever the intro equivalents are...).
Definitely NOT challenging enough for her....
Not sure what "not challenging" enough means. The classes are about the same including physics kinetics and E&M.
If she's AP'd out of some of the classes then she essentially AP'd out of some freshman/sophomore courses and would be ready for junior level courses sooner.
When I got my undergrad in engineering, there were 99 required classes of engineering, physics, math and chemistry out of 128 unites to graduate. Most majors are 40 out of 128. There are some freshman and sophomore classes that a person can't take at CC but still, most of the classes are still the same. I attended both a CC and a U during my freshman year because some of the Calculus and Chemistry class were full at the U so I attended two schools simultaneously.
What do I conclude? The classes were basically the same. Neither are any more challenging than the other. Sure, the competition is higher at the U but the material isn't that much different.
Not sure what "not challenging" enough means. The classes are about the same including physics kinetics and E&M.
If she's AP'd out of some of the classes then she essentially AP'd out of some freshman/sophomore courses and would be ready for junior level courses sooner.
When I got my undergrad in engineering, there were 99 required classes of engineering, physics, math and chemistry out of 128 unites to graduate. Most majors are 40 out of 128. There are some freshman and sophomore classes that a person can't take at CC but still, most of the classes are still the same. I attended both a CC and a U during my freshman year because some of the Calculus and Chemistry class were full at the U so I attended two schools simultaneously.
What do I conclude? The classes were basically the same. Neither are any more challenging than the other. Sure, the competition is higher at the U but the material isn't that much different.
I agree with this to an extent. Some of the classes at a CC are ridiculously easy, while some are more difficult.
The physics II I took at a CC was much harder then it was at my top 10 engineering college.
In both situations, it really depends on the professor teaching the classes. Professors can make classes hard-- or easy-- it really has nothing to do with the college itself.
I agree with this to an extent. Some of the classes at a CC are ridiculously easy, while some are more difficult.
The physics II I took at a CC was much harder then it was at my top 10 engineering college.
In both situations, it really depends on the professor teaching the classes. Professors can make classes hard-- or easy-- it really has nothing to do with the college itself.
Good, so go to a CC, get the right prof, and save $20K.
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