Is community college easy?

[WindAtMyBack]

It depends on the college, the class and the teacher.

I've been to six colleges and universities. The hardest classes I've taken were at a community college.

In the US, it somewhat depends on the state also. In some states like California, the community colleges are set up to directly transfer to the state universities with no loss. So after two years at CC, you transfer fully as a third year student, probably with no repeated or missing classes. However that will not work for the UC system, which is an entirely different system than the state universities.

I especially like night classes at community college, because they are often taught by part-time teachers who actually work full time in the profession they are teaching. Whereas a large portion of university professors have never spent a day in their life actually working in the profession they are teaching. The CC classes just seem more practical and pertinent to me.

But mostly, it's about the class. Calculus at CC is always going to be harder than basket weaving at a full university.

[Teyfet]

It largely depends upon the course & the professor, just as it does at a 4-year university. Most ["core"] classes are essentially the same at both places, but they max out at the sophomore level at CCs, while 4-year universities offer classes up to the senior or post-graduate level. The only classes I took which were really different at each school were for a foreign language (Spanish-freshman level), which at the community college was much like High School Spanish (or the next logical progression); whereas, at the 4-year university, was entirely immersive (all Spanish, all the time), and a friend who took German said it was taught the same way.

[DizzyDesii]

It was harder than uni honestly. Statistics, calculus, etc were hard. But Uni was a breeze since i didn't have to take any more maths. But real estate was hard af

[Quackthulu]

Its straight forward. You do the work and study and you do fine. “Easy” is a relative term. It’s easier than running a marathon, but harder than running a 5k.

[slatyb]

Compared to what? Most community college classes are much less demanding than high school AP classes. I considered putting my child in a combined high school/community college program. Then we found that the community college didn't offer calculus. The community college credits would transfer to Texas public colleges, but would not be accepted by any private college. So my kid stayed in high school and took a bunch of AP classes. They did well on the AP exams, and got a full year of credit at at well-regarded private college.

[zeitgeist057]

Yes, it’s easy, and a great idea because you can pay a lot more for the same credit for college courses. If you want a degree from a prestigious university it’s better to go to community college first and get half the work done, then transferred to the prestigious university and you get your degree from them and no one knows the difference between you and someone who attended the prestigious university and paid for every year the higher price.

[MCheetah]

Pretty much. I spent 2006-2008 in Community College and even bullsh*tting my way when there, got through it. I suppose some are harder than others though, but mine's was Community College (of Philadelphia), and was fairly well-funded. Community is best for your first two-three years of college because it's cheaper and often easier, and you can usually just finish undergrad school easier once you get your Associates.

[msc545]

Depending on what courses you take, college for the first two years can be very difficult, or very easy, or somewhere in between. The fact that you attend a community college does not make it automatically easier at all and in some cases it is more difficult since courses are taught by professors and not teaching assistants, as they are in universities.

[courtney06]

Compared to university, yes. I remember thinking to myself several times at uni that community college was a lot easier.

[zagor]

Depends on what you take. Differential equations will be as hard as at Uni, though the competition may be (not necessarily) slightly less. But there will likely be more "soft" classes, if that is what you are looking for.

[jahaims]

That would depend on how intelligent you are and what you are studying. But just based on the fact the you asked this question I would guess that it would be hard for you.

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily. It comes down to many factors but if the community college's credits are accepted at other universities then it is recognized as equal to their own

[Anonymous]

Depends on what you're studying. Saves you bunch of money though.

[jgokgotit]

No. College is still college.

[Mijopapi215]

It is a joke you will do fine.

[Kelly6]

But it’s useless