what is the diffrence between a commuitny college and a regular college

can someone get me a quick answer. i have to head to work. I want to become animal officer. cost money blah i know.

"Difference" and "community" for one thing.

I kid. :P

Ask Sheldon Cooper.

Community Colleges are regular colleges. A University is essentially a collection of colleges. Hence "University."

what the hell is an animal officer?

what the hell is an animal officer?

weezyfb

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what the hell is an animal officer?

FragStains

Lmao!

what the hell is an animal officer?

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

AL_GREEN

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

RailroadBridge

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

AL_GREEN

Community college is more for trades or direct vocational training, if that's what someone wants to do there's no reason to go to university. I know lots of people who after highschool went to the local community college, completed their program in two years and then had a good paying career upon graduation. I, on the other hand, have a four year university degree, and guess what? I wouldn't be able to find a job with it. Which is why I'm back for another two years. I also know lots of people who dropped out of university to go to community college, because the training there would be more directly appilcable to them, would take less time and money, and would land them a job easier.

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

RailroadBridge

Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

AL_GREEN

According to this you're saying "HS diploma" is better than "CC degree" and both are a lot better than an "actual college degree". :lol:

According to this you're saying "HS diploma" is better than "CC degree" and both are a lot better than an "actual college degree". :lol:

brandojones

Ha you guys are crazy If you wanna sit there and deny that having an actual college degree is more beneficial than a community college degree than be my guest... I'm just glad I don't live in the same fantasy world.AL_GREEN

If you have any evidence of your claim, that would be great to see.

But i think thats really the root of the problem: It probably doesn't exist which makes the actual value of an expensive school questionable. A quick look through the yearly Princeton reviews doesn't seem to show much correlation between the actual quality of education vs the cost of the school.

I have my degree in computer networking from a community college and I am not the least bit unhappy about that fact. I love computers and the fact is in my case community college is a better option for learning about such a thing. The problem of course is employers want you to have work experience which is incredibly unfair of them because that is exactly what you want them to hire you for in the first place.

Other than price, I don't know. Going to a University seems more like a social status more than anything.

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

brandojones

According to this you're saying "HS diploma" is better than "CC degree" and both are a lot better than an "actual college degree". :lol:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved the irony in that post.

I went to Community College for 2 years then transferred to a "regular" university for 2 years to finish my Bachelor's. The reason I went to a CC for those first two years instead of a regular university is because it saved me something like $35,000.

I worked IT at a Community College and took a handful of courses there and let me tell you they where actually a lot better and more hands on then just listening to a guy lecture and read powerpoints. This day an age even a 4 year degree from "regular" college really doesn't mean crap. Look at how many college graduates can't even make it with their more expensive piece of paper.

Also chances are the teachers at the Community College probably also teach at multiple state or private schools which I think is better then some jack hole professor at a 4 year school on tenure basically telling his work study to do all his work while he does pointless research with federal grant money and then write a book that maybe 10 people are going to read.

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

JML897

According to this you're saying "HS diploma" is better than "CC degree" and both are a lot better than an "actual college degree". :lol:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who loved the irony in that post.

In AZ, we have the very best community colleges in the country... so the difference between, say, Mesa Community College and ASU is very small... basically, just price and national recognition.

If you can go to a major university, always go... but at least in AZ, community college is a very close second.

Just ignore Al Green, anyway...

I am going to a community college at the moment and I gotta say I was impressed with the amount of attention that the courses I took recieve. Like some one else is saying its good for trades. My wife for example is able to take course to get both a degree in applied Sciences for Accounting but also for Culinary. Sure it will take her a long time to get both, but she plans on opening a resturaunt which is near impossible, but she plans on learning both sides, the buisness end and the food end of things. I plan on going here for the next two years and then go to the university for a Mass Com. Community colleges are great, and whoever says so is ignorant....

Regular college > community college.rcignoni

Really? Another Regular College beats out Community College with no backing of their argument?

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Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

AL_GREEN

Community college is basically just highschool 2.0...it's a joke compared to a real college. Pretty much all there is to know

Highschool diploma>community college degree>>>>>actual college degree

AL_GREEN

Community college doesn't offer Bachelor Degrees; is much much cheaper than "regular" college; good place to go for 2-3 years to do your general education before transfer to a 4 year.Agent-Zero

This is the shortest of the correct answers in this thread.

A community college typically only offers Associate's Degrees and certificates in various things. To get a Bachelor's degree or higher, you need to go to a university or four-year college.

Community colleges are, however, a great place to start going to school, especially if you don't know what you want to do yet. They can help you find a major and go on the road to getting a Bachelor's degree by transferring to a university or four-year college.

Community Colleges are regular colleges. A University is essentially a collection of colleges. Hence "University."

BranKetra

Community colleges are pretty much for learning a trade, or being used as stepping stones to transfer to a University. The thing to remember is no employer gives a **** if you went to a community college for two years. It's all about where you got your degree and what that degree is.

There's no shame in going to a community college. I'd be at one if it weren't for one of my parents working at a University ;) School is not cheap...

Community college is a two year college that is often about a third of the price to attend a state university. A ton of people use them as a way of getting basic learning courses done on the cheap before transferring to a more expensive four year university.

Doing higher education is kind of like earning bragging rights. The better school you go to, the more you can brag. Universities have a better reputation, whether because of society or because of merit. So in my humble opinion, if you are already going to spend a lot of money on your education, as might as well "buy" the best degree you can.

when you graduate high school, you have basicallythree ways to go:

1. Get a job
2. Go to a community (aka junior) college
3. Go to a "regular" college, aka university

Community college is much shorter than going to a university; generally, you can get your AS degree in 2-3 years. There are many advantages to a community college:

-more inexpensive than a university; whereas you will spend thousands upon thousands of dollars at a 4-year university, you might spend a grand or two per year at a community college. I took a ****there to finish up my general elective ****s for about 50 bucks

-allows you to get an early start on your college career without the pressure of a 4-year school. Provided you make sure your ****s are transferable, going to a community college is a cheap and easy way to start chipping away at your college career by taking transferable GE ****s and even major ****s

-if you do transfer to a 4-year after community college, you generally get to focus on your major ****s since you got the "boring" ****s out of the way at community.

On the other hand, there are some downsides:

-for some reason, some people look down on people that go to a JC. my parents were some of those; my mom would be like "What!??! You want to go to a JC like your idiot friend?!" when I told her about it lol.

-admissions to some 4-year universities tend to be harder on JC students. In my town there is both a nice university and a good JC, but the university only gives this JC a handful of openings per year per major. In short, if you go to a JC and plan to attend a university, you need to get good grades. In short, you might be working harder in a JC than if you had just applied to a university and gotten in

-I know a lot of people that went to a JC and didnt know what they wanted to do, and they ended up just kinda getting stuck. They'd party it up, smoke pot, work some job and say theyre going to school but they just kinda wallow in the experience.

Nobody respects community colleges and nobody will respect you if you go there. You'd better get a proper university degree after CC because otherwise you'll be a laughing stock.

For one thing, a degree is as much about status as it is about actual knowledge. Also, no decent self-respecting prof would teach at a community college, so you're not getting the best you could be in terms of education. Universities are just better if you can afford them. If you can't, then you don't really have a choice do you?

...You'd better get a proper university degree after CC...

F1_2004

That's the whole point of going in the first place.