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Community college is a joke and shouldn't preclude entering a 4year as a Freshman. (self.unpopularopinion)

submitted 3 months ago by Duamerthrax to c/unpopularopinion

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Community college ostensibly for people who don't have a good track record from High School, but is often advertised as the cheap, local option for people who don't want to feel bad about having to go.

I did in fact try community college and it's really just high school material with smaller text. I even took it in parallel with an edX equivalent and the material wasn't even close to each other. The idea that CC is suppose to replace the first 2 years at a real college is terrifying and reinforces how much of the professional word is theater.

If you do any number of years at a community college, you should be able to apply as a freshman to a real college if you want.

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[–] andrewta 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Last time I checked you do not have to transfer your credits. You go to community college for two years. Get the knowledge. Then choose a regular college apply and go there just don't transfer your credits. Now you are going in as a freshman.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wtf wouldn't you transfer credits if you could?

That's just a dumb waste of money and time.

[–] andrewta 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He wants to be a freshman again. It's a way to make him be a freshman. Not saying it's a good idea, not sure why you'd want to be a freshman again either though

[–] Duamerthrax 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every place I looked had a freshman requirement be less then two years at a CC and I haven't found a way to purge bad classes. Every time I research this, people say it's considered fraud to not fully list courses completed in applications.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven’t found a way to purge bad classes

You retake them and get a good grade. That's the way.

I failed Calc 2, retook it and got a B. That's quite literally the way to purge them.

[–] Duamerthrax 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I need to speak to an actual college rep on that one. When I completed a shitty high school class, there was no option to redo it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

you are literally Hitler

[–] andrewta 1 points 3 months ago

Yup definitely talk to the college, but he is right that is how you purge a bad grade.