Thread:Sailor*Moon*Star/@comment-3247345-20120531041901/@comment-3247345-20120605032749

Looking at at the admission requirements for the school in question is a good way to get an idea of whether they'll accept you. That and how competitive admission is. For example, CU Boulder only accepts 5000 out of 15000 applicants each year. Generally each school has a chart that they post online that uses your GPA and ACT/SAT scores to tell you how likely you are to get in. My school, Metro State, has pretty low requirements to get in. I probably could have gotten in for my first year if I chose to do that. I was actually considering it. So if your GPA and ACT/SAT scores are well below the reqirements, you probably are wasting your money. But if you're at or above the requirements, it's not a waste of money, provided you would be willing to attend if they were to accept you. As you probably know, a good record at a community college will help if you were to transfer to a 4 years school. But even if you can get into a 4 year school right away, there are some good reasons you might want to get your general studies done at a community college and transfer. First of all it's cheaper. Second of all the professors are better than at many 4 year schools. Some of the best professors I've ever had were at the community college. Third of all they're more accommodating than 4 year schools. They're more likely to be less strict about deadlines because students don't live on campus and the professors know that sometimes students have other things to worry about. The fourth thing is that community colleges have 15-25 students in a class instead of hundreds. So you actually get to know your professors. So you should consider that if going to a 4 years school right away is an option for you.