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It's a fine strategy, but the critical words there are "transferring to the state university later." Critically, a community college will NOT cover beyond the
by blagie 3y ago
It's a fine strategy, but the critical words there are "transferring to the state university later."
Critically, a community college will NOT cover beyond the first 2-4 semesters of a university BS degree.
This is also not a sustainable strategy. At an engineering school, 100% of freshman will take calculus, and a 300:1 lecturer to student ratio is super-profitable (even factoring in recitation instructors and TAs). The cost is in the more specialized courses, which have at least as much planning, drafting of homework assignments, etc., and where those go obsolete much more quickly.
If everyone did this, price structures would need to adapt. Universities generally use large freshman classes as moneymakers to support smaller, more expensive, more specialized junior, senior, and graduate courses.
As a footnote, things like AP exams and online courses can do similar, also at low cost.
- throwoutway 3y ago>Critically, a community college will NOT cover beyond the first 2-4 semesters of a university BS degree. Maybe commonly, but that's NOT true universally (given your capital letters to indicate that). The community college near me offers several BS degrees
- blagie 3y agoMost, but not all, do. However, not all BS degrees were created equal. Seriously. Look at the requirements of /any/ community college BS degree, and compare to the same degree at /any/ elite university. Please. Post a link to the community college near you. We can then compare to: https://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/computer-science-engineering-course-6-3/ https://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/computer-science-engin... https://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/ https://catalog.mit.edu/degree-charts/ https://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/6/ https://catalog.mit.edu/subjects/6/