why is everyone so against JC. all my smartsy fartsy friends all think there going to UCs and Ivy league schools just cuz they get 4.0s....then when sum1 suggests they try out a JC for awhile to figure out what they want to do they are just "oh that would just be horrible" in a woeful voice....why do ppl think that those colleges are so much better than JCs....isnt college what you put into it? are the professors really that different?
2007-12-17 18:41:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Nope. In fact, I've found that some of my professors at the junior college I attended were actually BETTER than the professors at the state college I attended.
In the end, my master's degree will come from a more prestigious university (that's really what you're paying for - the prestige), so it really doesn't matter where I got my bachelor's, much less the first half of my bachelor's.
2007-12-17 18:52:33 · answer #1 · answered by Royce Remer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Traditionally the JC does not offer the same level of education that the University. The JC offers pre-major college courses (reading, writing, basic calculus) plus other specialty degrees like mechanics and such. The universities do not offer the specialty degress but they offer in depth study in basically every object you can think of. Also, professors only need a Masters degree for the JC and they are not required to do research (not that the JC can actually afford to do any reasearch). Professors for the university needs to have a Ph. D and they are required to write research pappers. All in all, the JC is good stepping stone for the universities but it is in no way equivalent.
2007-12-18 03:01:52 · answer #2 · answered by zi_xin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The professors ARE different, because most of them have to do a lot of teaching and therefore aren't engaged in research. While they might be smoother in terms of their teaching, they are reporting on what other people are doing (kind of like a high school teacher does) rather than developing the field themselves. That doesn't mean they are bad teachers, but it is a different experience.
In my case, when I started college, my main focus was on moving out of my parents' house and going away to live in a dorm. You can't do that at most community colleges. I personally felt that if I didn't get into a school of my choice, I would rather not have gone to college than have gone to a community college. It just wasn't right for me. My sister, on the other hand, went to a community college for two years because she wasn't ready to move away from home, and she was just fine with it. I never heard her get very enthusiastic about the learning at the community college, like I did after she transferred, but it seemed to be a reasonable start.
You mention going to a community college until one figures out what one wants to do. The problem with that is that the choices at most community colleges, at least on the academic side, are pretty limited. You have a lot more options to try out if you go to a four-year university (unless the school is really tiny).
In general, 4.0 students are better off not going to a community college if they can afford not to. I keep hearing community colleges described as continuations of high school, and most such students were insufficiently challenged in high school and are ready for something very different. I'm not saying that community colleges are bad places, but they aren't right for everyone, and rarely for the best of students.
2007-12-18 03:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by neniaf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went to a community college because I did not know what I wanted to major in and it had been a while since I was in school. At a community college you have to take courses in different parts of the school like art, history, math and business which will help you decide what to major in after you get your associates degree.
Just because instructors at community colleges don't do research does not mean they are bad. Many instructors at 4 year institutions research what interests them even of if it has no relevance to the class room. Most of my instructors were in fact harder than the instructors at many 4 year institutions. We would have students come from 4 year institutions in the summer to take courses like English Composition and thought it would be easy because it was a community college and in fact most of them had dropped by the end of the summer because the work load was much harder.
In the end, I was very glad that I went to a community college because the harder work load prepared me for the harder work load at the 4 year institution that I transfered to.
Just remember, if you go to a cc make sure you check into colleges where you want to transfer to make sure that courses you take will transfer and make sure you get your associates degree before transferring; it makes life much easier.
2007-12-18 10:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by Steven C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well those "smartsy fartsy friends" are stupid. Junior college is not that bad, it helps you get your GPA up and from there its only two years of it then you can go to any better 4 year college you want.
2007-12-18 02:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by †Unknown† 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some community colleges are really good. I went to one and i saved lots of money and tbh got a better education then I'm getting now at the 4-year I transferred to.
2007-12-18 04:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by precision 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋