The brutal reality of transferring from Community College...

A guidebook of what to expect when you transfer from Community College to any University. I highlight the academic, career and social challenges you will most likely face.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - 00:50 Intro
00:50 - 2:59 Academic Challenges
2:59 - 5:39 Career Challenges
5:39 - 7:22 Social Challenges

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[spitheory]

I remember being in high school; I had a 2.4 and 4 F's, all in math. I was absolutely terrified about my future. All my friends would be talking about colleges, GPAs, and such, and I would just hope they didn't ask me what my stats were. I decided to go to a branch campus of a large state school. I worked and studied harder than I ever did before and ended with a 3.9. I transferred to Cornell for finance. If you work extremely hard towards transferring, it can be done.

[Nordic_Sky]

Doing two years in community college and then transferring to a UC is the best financial deal in all of higher education.

[JellyTwitches]

In high school, I never did that well and didn't care. I joined the military and developed a new-found passion for education along the way. I ended up going to community college with a 4.0 on the president's honor roll as well as being in the honors society. I just got accepted into Columbia University for the fall of 2024. High school is insane. You are a kid being asked what you want to do in life but have never experienced life to begin with, so many of you might feel lost and hopeless. Don't stress, and it's okay to allow yourself time to process. Don't give up.

[ancellery]

CC is the best choice I’ve ever made. I save 80k in just one year, and have nearly guaranteed acceptance to UCLA. Also tons of time to work on projects and build my skills for the future

[zinzhao]

The hardest part of my life was actually in CC, after I transferred it was the easiest thing. I am a physicist! Salute!

[davidtalks]

I was a cc transfer. Your career portion is so on point I might do a video response. Ultimately the 3 most common routes iv seen out of cal are: software engineering, consulting, pre law/pre med and tech sales. A lot of kids do in with a whole ass plan and internships but still come out doing one of these and you don’t really need any internships or even insights to do these so I wouldn’t beat yourself up if you don’t have a plan!

[bri]

In my first semester of CC! Currently looking at possible transfer schools, ur video gives me hope in transferring and a bit of a reality check while looking at schools.

[joemacy]

I was a mathematics student in college. I started at a community college and then transferred to a small public university in the same area. To be honest, I don't feel like the classes I took at community college were any less rigorous than the classes I took at university, but that was just me. In my experience, the difficulty of the coursework depends more on the individual class and the professor. I think transferring to Berkeley is an exception since it is a very competitive school where only the best students go, but if you transfer to a less selective university that isn't as well known, I don't think you will typically notice a significant difference in the difficulty of the coursework.

[CRWYT]

Community college was never meant to replace a proper 4 year college. Very few careers can get away with a community college education alone. It's basically a good way to experiment with different classes without selling your kidney or complete smaller classes needed before or after a 4 year college. I'd rather play catchup with my career and social skills with zero debt over going to a 4 year university drowning in debt into my adulthood.

[tylerkendall]

Be careful. I had 59 units when i transferred, and I'm still have to complete another 83 on top of that. I'm a STEM major though and I've been told that they require more work by my counselor... don't be like me and make sure you have a University in mind while in cc so you can transfer all your units to your bachelors.

[kimberlyf]

Thanks for the insight! I hope to transfer out of my community college to a UC im not sure which one but leaning towards UCSB! This is great to keep in mind a bit scared I keep seeing videos like these hahah but its also very helpful! Great job and so happy for you sending prayers!

[geremyis]

I'm not sure why this video was recommended to me, but I like it. I went to a community college for 2 years before transferring. It's definitely the right decision in the long run my friend. I graduated with my bachelors this year and am so happy i went to a CC beforehand. I saved a LOT of money and all of my pre req classes transferred over.
I think you should make a video telling people about transferal credits for classes. That was very confusing for me when I first went through the process as a 19 year old. Before transferring, make sure the pre requisite classes for your degree are actually going to transfer over. I actually had to send the syllabus for organic chemistry 1 and 2 from my CC so that they could accept the credit. Something very important to consider.

[animetheory_]

i am an international student who wants to study in the US, due to it being expensive i thought it was not possible but seeing the transfer options gave me hope and the fact that I will not be the only one doing it reassures me so i just wanted to say thnx for making this vid it gave me a peace of mind in this stressful time of college applications and the cost of just studying in a college

[Leo-hwru]

The discrimination against transfer students in student organizations and internships and even with school advisers is real. As a transfer student it feels like you’re somehow permanently behind.

[jordannikopoulos]

Community college CAN 100% prep you for a 4yr university. I transferred from a CC to a top 10 public university in the US, and I will say CC helped me thrive here. I feel as though it is a bit subjective though.

[mm-jyvy]

Thanks for making this video. I'm almost done getting my associate's degree in graphic design and then transferring to a 4-year college. I have 7 more classes to go but want to research what college I want to attend now.

[nabi]

When I transferred from Santa Monica City to UCLA, I was totally thrown off by the level of the competitive and challenging the level of academic rigor in contrast to Santa Monica

[mooblerthomson]

I got bad news neither high school or community college prepares you for university. However, community college will save you a substantial amount of money.

[adonis]

This man had an incredible run getting to Cal. Tell 'em about your schedule

[brandonkyes]

This is such went to community college and I tried my ass off and worked during community college. All of my friends were at their four year college and their main focus the first couple years was partying and many of them dropped out. Guys. Anything is what you make it, whether you start at community college or a four year college, you will be the difference whether it's a success or not!