DO U think it's better to DO it this way in further education !?

Somehow it has become common for many schools to recommend that high school graduates go to a community college then transfer to a 4 year school for the rest of their bachelor’s degree. Even to get an associates degree first.

Do note that in Canada a community college is often just called a “college” and all 4 year schools are “universities”

In reality, this path only makes sense in a few cases. It is not for the majority. Because from most community colleges, seldom more that 5% of their students will ever make the transfer. And some CCs do far better a job than others in making the transfer.

The normal way is to go to a 4 year school right from the start.

Going to a community college first is for when:

• You cannot afford all 4 years at the 4 year school and you really need to save money.

• Your grades are too low to get into the 4 year school right away

• You are immature and not ready to go away to college. That is, you have never been away from home and you are going to be homesick if you go too far away from home.

Otherwise you should only go to a CC if you are planning on only getting that much education.

As for getting an associates and transferring be aware that the courses needed to get as associates are rarely what you need to transfer. Not all the credits you earn for an Associates degree may transfer. Then you end up taking an extra year at the 4 year school anyway.

The biggest issue is that universities do NOT coordinate their course requirement with what community colleges teach and it is likely in a lot of cases that upwards of half of your CC courses will not be accepted by the university. When a university updates a course, the CCs may not find out for years. Going to a 4 year school from the start is the best way to go unless you simply do not qualify.

If you get your general education requirements at a cc first, and you have the slightest hiccup in getting your courses for your major in the other 2 years, you will be doing an extra semester or two.

And with many state universities impacted by budget cuts if you have even one case of a course you need not being available when you need it, you will have trouble. Not all courses are offered every semester.

As well, if you are taking a difficult major like engineering, there is no way you can do all the specialized course work in 2 years. You will go crazy taking nothing but very hard courses for the 2 years. When I took engineering I had engineering courses in my freshman year.

California has a transfer system that all the CCs are in but the requirements are very stiff.

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/t...

Here are the requirements for a typical University of California school to transfer:

http://www.admissions.ucsb.edu/pdf/UCSB%20Fall%202...

For my daughter who had a great high school GPA we never considered in a moment going the community college and transfer route. We have no regrets from her going direct to the four year university from the get go.

my experience with "higher education"

was getting kicked out of Chemistry for being a FREE RADICAL ...

whatever .....