About Community Colleges?

Im new here in US, at home we don't have community colleges but now that we're here, my mum wants me to go to a community college first and there i'll start my college years here in US..

I really don't have much idea about this CC thing coz back in our country, after highschool i attended a year in a university...

IN short, i just wanna know the pros and cons about studying in a community college...

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Pros: Community colleges are MUCH cheaper. You can complete your core education there and focus on your major elsewhere. You can complete an associate's degree which is, at least, one degree.

Cons: You have to transfer to another college if you want a bachelor's degree. Sometimes, not all of the classes and credits you took at the community college transfer to your new college.

Some other issues: Some people look down on community colleges and call them "the high school after high school." They also believe that the teachers are not as high quality as teachers at a four-year college.

I can tell you that both of those are misconceptions. As a graduate of a community college, I felt like I was treated exactly the same at both my two-year and my four-year colleges. The education I received was definitely high quality.

As an instructor at a community college, I can also tell you that many of the instructors at a community college are part-time or adjunct instructors. Adjuncts teach at many colleges including four-year institutions. The education adjuncts provide at four-year schools and two-year schools is often the same.

I could give you more information, but I don't want to monopolize the space here. Please feel free to e-mail if you have more questions.

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It is a good thing to go to CC because it is less expensive and you can get as good of an education as you can at a university. You will see more adults there also...
Pros: smaller atmosphere, smaller class-size, closer to home (live at-home), often less-expensive, good transition to university.

Cons: not the "university experience" (commuter campus,) living at home when you're 20, for some it is an uncomfortable transition - the high school friends have moved away and hard to establish frienships at community college.
Community colleges generally only offer 2 year degrees (associates degrees). After 2 years you will probably have to transfer to a four year college or university to finish your bachelors degree. A lot of people do this. Community colleges are usually cheaper and have a reputation for having easier classes. This is a really good way to start college if you are only interested in getting a degree. If you are interested in the social aspect of college and getting the whole "college experience" (Fraternities/Soroities, clubs, sports, leadership etc.) then you should go to a four year school first because they have so much more to offer you.
It's good to go to a CC because it's cheap and the classes are much easier. But the bad thing is, if you want to transfer to a university, you may or may not be able to depending on the # of slots open and your grades. Or your classes may not transfer credit.
Pros:

*cheaper tuition for a lot of the same classes (here, usually the majority of your first couple of years [depending on how many hours you take] is spent taking basic "core" classes. you can take these classes at a community college, and the tuition and fees are usually FAR cheaper than a university.) %26lt;~~ Just make sure the classes you are taking WILL transfer to the university you plan to transfer to.

*Smaller classrooms. For most core classes in larger universities, there are a TON of students in the class because everyone needs those same core classes. At most community college,it's a smaller setting. This means more one-on-one time %26amp; face time with the professor.

Cons:

*I went to a CC %26amp; the main downside that I can think of is that I got an Associate's Degree from there. At the university I go to, you can only transfer 66 credits from a community college, and that's the exact number I transferred. That means that now I can't take summer classes at the CC for cheaper than the summer school courses at my university %26amp; transfer them because I already transferred my max #. But if you already know what you're majoring in (i didn't until my last semester of CC), you can get a lot of classes towards your major out of the way for cheaper. Again, just make sure you check into what classes will transfer to the university.