So, perhaps a community college wouldn't have worked for you. For many, it will.

I agree it's situational. He asked why wouldn't you go so I gave a few reasons why some people wouldn't. There are different reasons I am sure. I wasn't saying community colleges were bad I was just answering a question.

And I was just agreeing that sometimes it works well to go to a community college, then transfer to another school. That's all. You did what worked for you and that's good.

All 4 year schools require a certain amount of electives.

In this particular case, the curriculum is established by the University Of Maryland. You are taking classes that meet their criteria and standards. It's no different than going to Penn State Altoona for 2 years then moving on to State College for your final 2 years. Your degree says University of Maryland College Park or Penn State University State College.

If someone wants to waste money by going to some elite school for 4 years then they ought not complain about a massive bill that has to be paid when they graduate.

That is the point of this. You have options..

I only took advanced engineering and math courses for my electives. I wanted to get my moneys worth.

I only paid a few hundred bucks a semester for tuition (it was a very long time ago).

The fees in England now are ...

"Universities will now be able to charge students up to £6,000 per year and £9,000 in exceptional circumstances.

It means the average student on a three-year course paying £6,000 will leave university with debts of around £30,000."

No you don't always have those options. Sure you can take electives at community college but what if you transfer to a technical college that doesn't require those kind of electives? What if your major has a lot of pre reqs? I am sorry but you can't finish an engineering degree in 2 years even f all your electives are finished. You just have so many classes you can't take unless you have taken others.

Not to mention most engineering students want to save some electives for the last few semesters. They want an easy class or two to break up all their high level engineering classes. Like I said I went to a state university and tuition was 5k a year then went to my home town state university and it dropped to about 3.5k. Either way the state paid for 8 semesters.

No you don't always have those options. Sure you can take electives at community college but what if you transfer to a technical college that doesn't require those kind of electives? What if your major has a lot of pre reqs? I am sorry but you can't finish an engineering degree in 2 years even f all your electives are finished. You just have so many classes you can't take unless you have taken others.

Not to mention most engineering students want to save some electives for the last few semesters. They want an easy class or two to break up all their high level engineering classes. Like I said I went to a state university and tuition was 5k a year then went to my home town state university and it dropped to about 3.5k. Either way the state paid for 8 semesters.

If you got a full ride, then it's a bit different for you.

If someone is going to take some classes at a community college before going to a university, it would be smart to check what classes are available that can be transferred for their degree later on.

Every student in Louisiana can get a free ride. It's sad not everyone tries.

I think it sucks.I have read many stories in the United states where tuition has been doubled on a nearly yearly basis.I think charging students 150 dollars for a textbook is nothing less than robbery.

The colleges are much like the hospitals.They are going to keep jacking up costs every year for the sole reason of knowing no matter how expensive it gets people will always pay it.


I like many others have found ways to get jobs that require college degrees.Experience will nearly always get you the job with out a degree.You can do what many people do and just lie about it on your application and hope they don't check.Community colleges are affordable and free if you are on unemployment or low income.You can join the military and get the GI bill.

and as a last resort you can spend endless hours researching what you want to get a degree in by getting information off of websites,spend years researching it,and then find some website who you can bribe to give you a test and issue you a degree.

My cousin has two degrees.She is 32,000 in debt and has spent the last 10 years working jobs as a waitress and a secretary.She told me her two degrees has been totally worthless since she left college.

Well what are her degrees in? It sounds more like a poor choice of study. There are some degrees you can't do much with but people peruse them because they are a passion and not because they will lead to a career.

i think it's stupid to tax or raise prices on anything that has to do with education. only if it benefits education

i'm really beginning to believe that governments in countries even this one aren't wanting alot of people to be educated,theres something in the air and it ain't for the good of the people. these could be the first steps to the NWO,ya never know

what does wrestling have to do with this?

IS it realy the governments job to pay for education at the college level? Come on you know the party line by now, no new taxes! its everyman for himself, the mad max world looks cool in HD. I say make every college kid serve in the military for a few years for student aid ( my tounge is so far in my cheeck I just bit it.)

Compulsory military service is a great idea.

GI Educational Benis have been available for years.

Many of the fields they would choose to study for can be attained in the military.

That would even be a way Illegals could "win" citizenship and help with education.

uk works a bit differently, as Iunderstood it from my ex who was a teacher there, the government foots the bill for the students and the student pays back by way of a tax on their income WHEN They are working, so education in the UK is actually a government debt as opposed to a personal debt as it is in the US, and their only way of recovering it is with the tax(repayment)


im sure there must be some type of interest going on for such a raise to create any revenue for the government though, or else raising tuition would be a zero sum game,,,

I disagree. We should not be a slave to our government and that is what compulsory military service is. Not to mention the military has been downsizing. With increasing technology they need less people. I would rather have a military with people that chose to be there than people forced to be there.