My experience from community college was quite a mixed bag. Some of the professors were amazing and genuinely loved to teach, and I benefited so much from those classes. And then some professors just seemed bitter that they weren’t at a university and made their classes miserable. I even had a few classes “taught” by someone that didn’t even have a bachelor’s (through a technicality where the dean proctored the actual exams). Overall, I learned enough and got the degree, and I was able to break into software engineering with just an associate degree and no debt. So worth it in the end!
In my experience there is no downside at all to community college.
The class sizes are low, the price is low, and the level of instruction can be very very high.
Then you transfer to a 4 year college later.
And if you get straight As in community college, you’ll be able to get in almost anywhere you apply…
My experience from community college was quite a mixed bag. Some of the professors were amazing and genuinely loved to teach, and I benefited so much from those classes. And then some professors just seemed bitter that they weren’t at a university and made their classes miserable. I even had a few classes “taught” by someone that didn’t even have a bachelor’s (through a technicality where the dean proctored the actual exams). Overall, I learned enough and got the degree, and I was able to break into software engineering with just an associate degree and no debt. So worth it in the end!