Asking Community College Students For Advice (Shocking!)

In today’s video, I’m at Orange Coast Community College (in SoCal), asking students about their majors, how much their tuition costs, their aspirations, and the life lessons they’re learning along the way. If you’re going to college soon and you're undecided about a community college or private university, you’ll want to hear what these students have to say first.

We've interviewed students at super expensive private schools, where tuition and board go up to $90k per year! This is on the opposite end of the spectrum, and I think it's super smart what these students are doing.

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Going to a community college allows you to save a ton of money while giving you the time to figure out what you really want to do. Shoutout to the students who shared their stories — and if you’re feeling anxious about getting into college or thinking about career choices, then I hope this video helped you out in some way.

If you liked this video and you want to watch more of my street interviews, then check them out below:

Asking San Franciscans WHY They Still Live There!

Asking USC Parents What They Do For a Living

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Thank you for watching, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

- Charlie

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Timeline:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Getting Rejected
0:28 - Sophia
2:20 - Corbin
4:14 - Zion
5:24 - CourseCareers
5:44 - Kimiya
8:41 - Ulysses
11:53 - Donya
13:43 - Jonah
15:35 - Conclusion

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[CharlieChang]

This was a fun one to make! Shoutout to all the cool students we met while filming this video. If you're deciding whether or not to go to college, or even what college you want to go to, I think you'll get A LOT of value from this video. Community college is definitely a smart financial choice for most people. Thanks for watching and have a great day!
-Charlie

[LiteralyRealRyanGosling]

I think there is a misconception about Community College where people think it is only for people that don’t know what they want to do or did not have good grades in HS but personally I had a 3.95 GPA in high-school and am graduating with a 4.0 this year and can transfer to almost any school I want. Also my Brother went to Community College and then graduated from Cornell. Community college is what you make out of it.

[ASLLPZ]

For those considering community college, please think about what YOU want to do, not what your friends are doing. Community college is basically a second chance to begin on a clean slate no matter what kind of student you were in high school. I had no idea what I wanted of myself after high school and community college allowed me to save a ton of money while earning as many credits as I possibly could. Stay positive and focus on YOU.

[ShelbyChurch]

I went to this community college! They had great film classes! Also love this style of video!

[GO-kgdw]

I just transferred from a Southern California community college to SDSU. My biggest advice is to stay motivated throughout your journey at the CC. I’ve seen too many of my friends and classmates just stall in their progress and just slowly stop going to school. I also speak from experience since it took me 10 years to finally transfer. Stay focused and get er done!

[suzym.]

Benefits of Community College:
1. Get to choose if you want to be UC or CSU bound!
2. College courses can be free with a meal voucher! Ex. Fullerton College
3. Max out the transfer units ex. CSU the Max units you can transfer is 70
4. Complete some major prerequisites at a community college
5. There are so many certificates ex. Paralegal, medical, dental, x-ray technician
7. Fun facts! *Some professors at CSU made their children go to community college because staff members only got 9 units for free. They did not see that worth it!
8. Parking is cheaper at a community college ex. CSUF parking is $250 not guaranteed parking, some students miss the first day of class
9. Alot more student friendly than a university
Reply if you have any questions

[juneliu]

i am really impressed with these students!!! they are so smart and conscious with their life plan. very well spoken and resourceful with very practical and high goals. Best wishes.

[mars]

the last guy was spot on! 4 yr degree is not the only option. Skill/trade is also a good choice which we also need more of.

[paulm]

Great advice, especially about considering trade school as an option. Those guys can make a ton of money, there is a dearth of talent, and they aren't stuck at a desk all day. Something you might want to consider is looking into providing information about the state law that requires UC's to make room for transfer students from California CCs (and only CCs), known as the TAG (Transfer Admission Guarantee) program. My kids got into the UC of their choice because of this law. One did it after only one year at GCC because he already had 35 AP units. Both loved the dedicated faculty and small class sizes, which was very different from what they encountered in the humongous gen ed classes at UCLA and UCSC. Good work and good luck!

[amyhox]

Great video, i’m also in community college after my gap year and i don’t regret it at all and I would do it all over again. I’ve saved a lot of money and having a shorter commute and the flexibility really is worth it, also prepares you for university, almost like an inbetween of hs and UNI as i see it.

[JonathanKikawa]

Great video! Being a product of going through the CC, and now being adjunct and teaching (at OCC actually) I agree with what was said plus so much more. Faculty does focus on student success and we have the time where we can help out with questions. A past faculty member told me, but at the UC/SC's, teachers need to teach/publish/research, so their attention is split.

[crypto_que]

Two more really great things about Community College. If you have little income and qualify for Financial Aid you can get paid pretty well just to go to college. Also lots of states have pathways for students to have guaranteed acceptance to State Universities. So Community College is 100% the best option for most people. You don’t need tons of money or need to get into huge debt to get a degree.

[tater.thot.]

I got diagnosed with ADHD my senior year of High School and failed out of my first year of community college. I got my shit together and now I’m on my way to my favorite four-year! If you have a hard time studying or just don’t know what you want to do I highly recommend going to a community college first to get your shit together before you go spend thousands of dollars at a four year. I’m so glad I decided to go to CC!

[Kk-iwck]

The number one girl is on point with her advice !

[Dad-in-WA]

Great video! I went the comm college route to get a bachelors. Good direction if you are cost conscious, want to get entry level classes done and don't know what to major in. I have kids, 1 in a in-state public university and the other at an out of state, private university. the cost difference is mind blowing! Hope these kids are being mindful about costs. Don't need our future leaders having a boat load of student loan debt! thanks for sharing, Charlie.

[redcardagain]

I knew a lot of people who went to community college for the simple reason that it's WAY easier for them to get into their dream school as a transfer student rather than as a freshman. Significantly less competition and they save a ton of money by transferring

[brockman]

loved that these students mentioned transferring to CSULB... Go Beach!
- Class of '09

[robjohnston]

Also community college is good for gaining lots of college credit, by _dual-enrolling_ in CC while still in high school. There are students who have graduated from high school and enter universities like UCLA and the other UCs with junior-standing and can go more in-depth with their majors or graduate in two years.

[CebiGreen]

I moved from Thailand and my parents could not afford the 4-year college tuition in US plus they would have to pay international student rate which was insane. Hence, I had to go to a community college where I knew they would put me in an internship program during the last semester. It was competitive, but I could get to one of the popular corporations. Later the company hired me and paid for my schools including MBA.

[jacksoncitytravels]

I'm a therapist. I started off at a community college. I transferred to a 4 year and then went to get my master's. I went to a private school to get my master's degree. I owe a lot of money just to get a master's degree from a private school. It's not worth the stress paying that back although it was a pretty good program. I wished I would have gone back to a state university. Avoid student loans unless you know you will make a lot of money from your career. I obtained my psychology degree, then I did social work for my master's degree. Social workers don't make that much money in most fields unless it's medical. If I would have known, I would have never borrowed that much money. It was not worth it. No one cares where I went to get my master's degree. They just wanted to make sure I went to an accredited college.