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Old 12-26-2009, 06:47 PM
 
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One of the areas I'm considering going to for college would be either McKinney, or Plano, and I'm wondering how these cities are? safety, friendly people etc. Also, if anyone knows how good the Collin County Community College's are in both of these cities? If one of them is better than the other, or if they're both good/bad. Any info would be great. Thanks.
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Old 12-27-2009, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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CCCC is your typical community college. It's all commuter students since there are no dorms on any campus. Honestly, if you're looking for the 'real" college experience with staying in dorms, etc. I'd pick someplace else. Junior Colleges have the more typical campuses with dorms, etc.
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Old 12-27-2009, 07:55 PM
 
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CCCC is your typical community college. It's all commuter students since there are no dorms on any campus. Honestly, if you're looking for the 'real" college experience with staying in dorms, etc. I'd pick someplace else. Junior Colleges have the more typical campuses with dorms, etc.
Na, I don't wanna live in a dorm. My brother and I want to rent an apartment anyway. I was just wondering if that college is any good, and if those would be good cities to live in?
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Old 12-27-2009, 09:34 PM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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Family suburbs.

Plano holds it's value better for being closer to Dallas and having a big corporate presence.
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Old 12-27-2009, 10:30 PM
 
Location: The Big D
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They are both suburbs of Dallas. McKinney to live as a young single adult: NO WAY!!!! Plano would be at least a bit better on that front then if you or your brother wanted to move on up to a full 4 year university your closer to UTD and even SMU. SMU has partnered w/ CCCC to have students do 2 years there and then transfer straight over to SMU. SMU is in Dallas and living in McKinney to go there would BITE!

I'd pick neither city to live in personally as a young single adult. I'd live IN Dallas and attend Dallas County Community College or something.
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Old 12-28-2009, 12:22 AM
 
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They are both suburbs of Dallas. McKinney to live as a young single adult: NO WAY!!!! Plano would be at least a bit better on that front then if you or your brother wanted to move on up to a full 4 year university your closer to UTD and even SMU. SMU has partnered w/ CCCC to have students do 2 years there and then transfer straight over to SMU. SMU is in Dallas and living in McKinney to go there would BITE!

I'd pick neither city to live in personally as a young single adult. I'd live IN Dallas and attend Dallas County Community College or something.
Well, it doesn't really worry me if I'm in an area with a lot of singles, as long as it's people close to our age group. I'm 20 and my brother's 23. Only thing bad about Dallas really, is it's size. We really don't like cities THAT big. Prefer a city no bigger than maybe 200,000 to 300,000?

What about the Round Rock/Cedar Park area? I was looking there too, but they don't seem to have colleges there, so then we'd still have to drive into a big city. (Austin)
Does Austin feel like a huge city? lots of traffic etc.
If it doesn't feel as big as it really is, then we might consider that area.
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Old 12-28-2009, 01:26 AM
 
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What about the Round Rock/Cedar Park area? I was looking there too, but they don't seem to have colleges there, so then we'd still have to drive into a big city. (Austin)
Does Austin feel like a huge city? lots of traffic etc.
If it doesn't feel as big as it really is, then we might consider that area.
There is Southwestern University in Georgetown, Concordia in NW Austin (by Lake Travis), ACC (north Austin/RR)... all in the N Austin area. Plus, there is St Edwards in South Austin, and Texas State in San Marcos. Basically, tons of colleges besides UT in the Austin area.

Austin does have bad traffic, but it's not big-city traffic. It's basically that our few highways get clogged up during rush hour, as they are too small for the amount of people living here. Austin does not feel like a huge city, it feels like a medium-sized city with small city roads.

You'd be hard pressed to find a better area (in TX or the US for that matter) for a 20-25 year old student to live in/go to school than the Austin area -- safe, laid back, pretty. You should definitely consider it. Good luck whatever you decide!
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Old 12-28-2009, 05:18 AM
 
Location: Kaufman County, Texas
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You'd be hard pressed to find a better area (in TX or the US for that matter) for a 20-25 year old student to live in/go to school than the Austin area -- safe, laid back, pretty. You should definitely consider it. Good luck whatever you decide!
I totally agree! Plano and McKinney are both family towns. Go to Austin. You won't regret it!
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Old 12-28-2009, 09:01 AM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Yeah, just go to Austin. You're the right age for it.
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Old 12-28-2009, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Texas
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CCCC is your typical community college. It's all commuter students since there are no dorms on any campus. Honestly, if you're looking for the 'real" college experience with staying in dorms, etc. I'd pick someplace else. Junior Colleges have the more typical campuses with dorms, etc.
Clearly, you haven't kept up.

It's Collin College now. And they offer bachelor's degrees.

They have campus life, arts, Cougars atheletic teams, theater, dance, etc.
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