Community colleges?

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

I always looked down upon them to a certain extent. I never really knew why. Maybe I thought down on the types of students they had and potenally the quality of the education. I was thinking about going to a school down in downtown Pittsburgh but it was $80,000 a year, and I'm not paying that much because;

1. Don't got the money.
2. Not paying back $350,000 in loans if I end up getting a crappy Game Design tester job making $35,000 a year for the rest of my life. Won't cut it.


So I got stuck going to community college and.... Not bad. Sure, there is a lot of 'undesirables', uh hum, but most kids here are in the same boat then me and they seem good and the teachers seem great expect for one.

Your thoughts on them?

[Strike For The South]

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The fact you looked down upon them makes you a pompus jackass

[A Nerd]

I attended one briefly and took a few computer classes a few years back. They were quite informative and I too found the professors to know their stuff just as well as the professors who taught at the 4 year school I attended before that. When I was in High School, there was a community college called Massasoit Community College, we called it 'Massatoilet Community College'. Now I see that it is a pretty good school and a great opportunity for those who cannot afford a 4 year school right out of High School. Many of my HS classmates went on to 4 year schools after completing 2 years in Massatoilet or like community college. Let us all do the carebear salute to community college...right....now! *salutes (with Gina ? )* To nonbelievers? *confused* :)

[Veho Nex]

Considering that my dad makes too much money for financial aid and too little money to help any of his kids in college, CC's are where we go so its cheaper for us in the long run.

[Moros]

I find it dispicable how much those colleges in the US cost actually. It's a disgrace.

On community colleges, well I don't know much (except for quick wikipedia look up) about those, so I'll just conclude with wishing you good luck with your studies. :)

[Hooahguy]

I think the job market is to blame as to why CC are considered lower on the totem pole than non-CC colleges.
Its a fact that businesses will choose a person who graduated from a state school over a graduate from a CC with the same degree, that is, if both candidates were exactly in terms of everything except for colleges. More so if it was between a ivy-leaguer and a CC graduate.

Its quite sad, really, but thats how it is. I personally have nothing against CC.

A possibility as to why many people look down at CC is because of the caliber of some of the people attending.

2 people, IMO, who attend CC:

1)people who cant afford anywhere else
2)people who cant get in anywhere else

Sad, but true.

[Crazed Rabbit]

There's no reason to look down on them. They're a lot better value for education than expensive schools. I know a lot of people who go to CCs for two years than a public university for the last two.

CR