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Q: Which california community colleges have the strongest business program?
I'm planning on moving to either So Cal or the Bay area in about 6 months and am looking to get back into school. My interest areas of study are just about any kind of business, economics, and marketing. I'm also looking to transfer to UC Berkeley or UCLA after 2 years at which ever community college and am already in Santa Monica College set to enroll this coming fall so overall I guess my question is this; Are there any CC (community Colleges) closer to Berkeley or San Jose that are just as good as Santa Monica College in any of my areas of study? Summary: Looking for the Best CC Transfer path for Berkeley, UCLA amd USC

A: CC's dont really have business programs, unless you are talking about an associate's degree (which is not that useful) CC's dont offer upper level courses, so you cant really say that they have some kind of program. That is what transferring is for. You transfer to focus on your major, while getting your general education out of the way at CC. I think you should choose CC's based on how many classes they offer in each subject. If they have more classes (ex. 10 calc classes instead of 5 ) then you have more options and you wouldnt have to spend more years there just to get the classes that you need. Usually the CC's with more students have more classes available. And Berkeley is very very very good, but also very very very hard. Haas' acceptance rate is about 7% and UCLA only has business acccounting and econ, no marketing and management.

Q: What are some good community colleges in northern California?
I am going to move to northern california soon and would like to know of a few community colleges I should look into. Any experience someone has had would help. Thanks

A: Shasta College

Q: What are the minimum requirements of San Diego Community Colleges?
OK. So i pretty much fucked my way through high school im a junior with a year and a half left with a 2.2gpa almost and my friend wants to go to San Diego state and we wanna room together. But my grades for San Diego state aren't good enough so i was wondering what community colleges are close and how we can make this happen.

A: High school diploma and a pulse.

Q: Which community colleges are the bests for music?
Hi there. I think I'll be getting in a community college and I want to take music as the major. I'm a guitarist so I'd like to take more courses with guitar. So, please help me naming some good community colleges for music (any state) I have plans to transfer to a 4-years later too. ---------------- Choosing a CC because no money, guys.

A: You can't select community colleges for music because they, themselves, are not selective. Most of the good 4-year college music programs in the country require an audition as part of the admission process. Therefore, if you're planning on getting a 4-year degree anyway and wish to major in music, you really should do your entire degree at a 4-year program. Consider that while you'd be studying music in a community college with other students who are not tops in their instrument, the freshmen and sophomores at the 4-year program would be challenging themselves alongside other music majors who had to pass the audition to get in. You wouldn't be able to keep up with them, and therefore it's doubtful that you'd pass the audition to be admitted as an upper-classman after two years.

Q: Do American community colleges have snow make up days?
I know primary and secondary schools in the US have make ups for weather, but do community colleges?

A: No. Only if the snow day falls on a day that's been set aside for finals. Colleges don't close nearly as often as primary and secondary schools so that's not usually an issue.

Q: What do you think about North Carolina's decision to ban illegal aliens from attending the community colleges?
The North Carolina Community College System on Tuesday said that it would no longer admit illegal or undocumented immigrants into curriculum degree programs at its 58 colleges across the state. The announcement comes a week after the community college system received a letter from the North Carolina Office of the Attorney General recommending that the system reverse its policy of allowing illegal and undocumented immigrants to be admitted into degree programs. Community college system officials also met May 12 with officials from the Attorney General's Office, which is responsible for representing the system in legal cases.

A: Your taxes pay for the colleges. Residents pay tuition at a discounted rate due to this funding. LEGAL foreign students (temporary student visa holders) pay REALLY HIGH tuition as their parents are not supporting the school systems through taxes. This is fair. Illegal immigrants do not have the years and years of paying taxes and, by virtue of being illegals, they do not respect the government nor the system and so should not enjoy the privileges. This is not a racist statement. The plain truth is that schools are overcrowded already and students often have to travel thousands of miles from home in order to get accepted into a college. Schools in the US and Canada already limit the number of LEGAL foreign students to enable the maximum number of citizens to be educated and it is only fair that they also set restrictions as to all enrollment and refuse ILLEGAL students.

Q: How do the AP and community college credits get TREATED colleges?
I am a senior and when I graduate I will have 3 AP courses and 13 Running Start Community College Credits. All of my colleges that I am applying to are accepting those credits. My questions is...if they accept those credits, that would eliminate about 4 classes from my freshman year. What does that mean? Do I still pay the FULL admission price, even though I do not take the classes? Do I take classes ahead of time, ending up getting more credits for graduation? How does it work?

A: It varies by school, but at my school they took my AP and other credits, and it got me out of two gen-ed courses, and the other credits were just "extra". That is, they count towards my credit total, but not towards any specific class. None of the credits I entered with counted towards my GPA. You will most likely be able to take some higher level courses, because you probably eliminated gen-eds. You will still pay the full admission price, because you're going to take other classes, so you'll be paying for those credits. If your college charges on a per-credit basis, you may end up paying less after four years then other people because you will have taken less classes in college. You might even be able to graduate a semester early because you will have filled your requirements earlier. My college bills on a per-semester basis, so everyone pays one fee and we can take 12-18 credits, if your college works like that, you won't be able to save any money unless you graduate a semester early Hope this helps!

Q: Just moved to Orange County. Where can I find a list of all the community colleges around here?
I want to take some more classes at local community colleges and work my way up as a transfer student to one of the 4-year universities down here in southern California.

A: Information is below.

Q: What are some good community colleges in Oregon?
I am going to move to the oregon area and would like to know of a few good community colleges to check out. Preferably near the coast. Though any advice would help. Thanks

A: Theride, The best way to find out info is to contact a student. You can locate some contact information for Oregon colleges here. http://www.collegereviewed.com/Oregon-Colleges-Universities.html Students always to know what's going on better than outsiders since they get to experience the classes and the lifestyle.

Q: Why do people think low of people who go to community colleges?
Why do people who go to all 4-years of college sometimes think their better than people who go to community colleges, even though people who go to community college can get better jobs?

A: They tend to feel that way because they thing 4-years are harder and because community college cost less, then that means people who attend community college are receiving a “cheap education” which has to mean that “you get what you pay for”. The funny thing is, many of the professors who teach at community colleges are not only employed in the field in which they are teaching (many of my adjunct professors are like this) but many of them also teach at other local private and state universities. Since I have been at my junior college I have meet at least 2 professors each semester that teach at other private and state 4 year universities and teach their courses with the same content level.