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by up_and_up
4175 days ago
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> I would say that most people in community college don't really want to be there. Odd. That wasn't my experience at all. I went to Cabrillo College, a community college in Aptos, CA. Great school, inspiring profs (many with PhD's), students were generally engaged and excited to be there. I transferred to Berkeley, did well there (felt well-prepared) and saved a heck of a lot of money a long the way. Zero debt post graduation. I highly recommend Community College, albeit make sure good transfer options exist. I have heard of people transferring the Stanford and Yale from Cabrillo, but maybe it's just an exception. |
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Hands down, 9 of the 10 best teachers I had were CC profs. They were so happy to help, they'd show up on weekends and help out with study groups and review coursework again to make sure you really got the foundational stuff so you didn't get lost later.
The age range was crazy too, from sharp 14 year olds there to take Calculus, to senior citizens. always somebody interesting to run into and incredible tutoring opportunities everywhere.
CC can be an incredible resource.
Most important, they're also designed for mid-career training, so you can go and take classes in whatever they offer even if you aren't in a degree program, just because you want to. My wife and I both take classes from time-to-time in subjects we've tried to autodidact, but some cheap classroom time has ended up helping everytime. Or we'll take a class together in something like Art and turn it into a date-night....get dinner after work, take a painting class, come home with a little piece of art.