One more data point for "community college is great": this was my experience too. I guess it depends on the school/program/prof, but after 4 semesters of music,

One more data point for "community college is great": this was my experience too. I guess it depends on the school/program/prof, but after 4 semesters of music, I only had great professors who care about their course and the students. I'm 40+