...College to a University?


My CC has a 7% transfer rate.

I guess some people are happy with an associates.

What exactly is the difference between the two? Is university just on a higher educational level? Do you have to go through CC to get to university?

A lot of people who go to CCs never really intended to go to 4 year schools in the first place, while others lack the financial means to do so (especially if their intended school doesn't give out decent scholarships and grants to transfer students).

I feel, though, that if you want to transfer, then ask the people who have wanted to transfer - the number of those people who successfully moved to a full institution will be much higher than that 7%. That 7% is out of all students, and includes a lot of people who never even thought to try to transfer.

Community college has an unfair stigma sometimes regarding its legitimacy as a path for the pursuit of higher education; there are plenty of people who start out there and transfer to obtain higher degrees. I have a few friends going through that track right now.

Well here in Canada, CC is probably a lot better than Uni. At CC you focus on specifics and learn how to do things more carefully than Uni, you also almost always have a job coming out of it to due to the internship. In University you study a lot more but its not really in depth and isnt guaranteeing you a job afterwards.

After HS, you have two choices, a four year university or CC which is only two years. At a CC you can only obtain an associates degree, while at a University they are usually much more prestige and you can obtain a bachelors or masters and etc.

No. Community colleges are a more affordable alternative that offer 2 year associate degrees, while standard universities only offer 4 year bachelor's degrees and up; community colleges have a secondary function as a more affordable alternative for the first two years of those higher degrees for students who are unsure as to what their academic path will be, students who want to save money if they're in a tight financial position, or students who are simply undecided as to what full institution to attend. It's like a parallel construct to (or a substitute for) the first two years of higher education, it's not a tier below or anything.

Hm, I guess people feel like they have what they need after CC

That's what I'm doing now. Transferring next semester!

I hope I like it.

That's... almost backwards compared to the US, actually.

Universities here focus on a holistic education and work hard to ensure job placement; my own had a 98.3% job placement rate at six months - within degree-appropriate fields, even - for the class that graduated last year. Community college here isn't guaranteed to get you a good job at all and is more a tool to get you a little more scholastic experience beyond high school and potentially an associate's degree (which is the lowest degree possible, but of course it's still a college degree and is well-received when included on resumes and when looking for jobs).

I think here, all colleges community and otherwise have some focus on practical skills and job-readiness. Here, though, university study is more in-depth, more intensive, and more specific. Internships are common through university programs as well.

Huh. The difference between two countries, even those that border each other, is actually really interesting.

I think you'll love it! So far the university experience for me has been wonderful. I don't know whether you plan to live on-campus or off, since the latter is actually an option for you now that you're past the live-on requirements for basically any school anywhere, but either way it's a great new experience. You'll have some experiences that a lot of your peers don't, since you've gone through CC, which should be pretty interesting as well.

CC is a good stepping stone to a four year university but I am starting to question if the average person needs school beyond 12th grade.

Companies would be better served to create specialized boot camps and place people in them.

Most jobs don't really require a 4 year degree being in IT I need to learn the business. I never went to school for marketing and sales but I learned it within 3 months.

Because a lot of people who go to a CC never plan on transferring to begin with. A lot of people go to a CC go because they simply want a degree in something their local CC offers, such as accounting, business management, criminal justice, nursing, etc. To them, there's no point in transferring because they're getting what they want.

(Other factors obviously play a role but I think that's the most common.)

This is very true, especially for workers "lower" on the totem pole. One company I might work for as an intern does just this anyway, regardless of your education.

The thing is you don't have to stay on the lower end of the totem pole they can advance you as high as you are able to go which is the best part of it. You don't have tons of college debt you have targeted learning.

I could turn anyone willing in to an IT hire in 12 weeks.