M O N E Y

COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

cheaper (duh) 

I qualified for FAFSA so they paid for all my classes and I was able to pocket the rest which as almost 2,000 

UNIVERSITY

my university costs approximately 72,000 this year; yikes 

I still qualify for FAFSA so I get financial aid from my university 

they offer 100% financial aid need - so if I cant pay it, they pay it 

homegirl got scholarships - I have a yearly scholarship of 12,000 

so in the end, I end up paying approximately 10,000 which is completely doable for my family 

there’s a lot of ways to make university free; don’t let that stop you from going 

Its very common to go to community college first and then transfer to a university for the next two years. Which leads me to my next topic of transferring.

T R A N S F E R R I N G

Attending CC first then transferring to a University only works in some cases. 

COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

Trying to find CC courses that were transferable to my university was very difficult. 

The curriculum of Texas and California are very different and they did not accept all courses.

If I wanted to avoid taking the dreaded freshman writing course at my university, I would have to take two writing courses at my CC.

So two writing courses at CC was the equivalent to one university course.

UNIVERSITY 

if you plan on going to CC and then transferring, the best way is to go to a CC and University in the same state! 

Universities are more willing to accept courses from CC that they recognize! 

Also, public state universities are more likely to accept CC credits over Private state universities.

H I G H   S C H O O L   C R E D I T

I know in high school AP scores and dual credit (college and high school credit) is stressed as being able to get you a head start on university courses, but this is NOT TRUE. 

COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

CC will accept any AP scores with a 3 or higher and dual credit that was done through them 

UNIVERSITY 

Universities will only accept some of your AP credit! 

I took AP US History, AP World History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Lit, AP Language, and AP Spanish that did not help me AT ALL.

AP credit that I know has been accepted at my university: AP Physics C (E&M & Mechanics), AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Chem, and AP Bio, but you have to get a 5. 

I got a 4 on my AP Stats exam, but I still have to take Statistics. 

Take into consideration that I go to a private out-of-state university. 

My friend is graduating a year early because she was able to transfer all her dual credit, CC classes, and AP scores to her public state university.

T I M E

COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

I had so much time on my hands! I only had one class a day so I went for one hour or two.

except for my 6 hour lab/lecture on fridays rip me 

As a result, I was able to spend all my time focusing on my classes! 

I spent so much time on calculus that I was probably one of the best students even though I was the youngest in my lecture.

UNIVERSITY

I feel like I have no time! 

Some believe that you have three things to balance at uni; sleep, school, and social. this is false. 

you have to balance so much more; sleep, classes, social, extracurriculars, networking, food, office hours, applying for internships, and on-campus job. of course some of these things are optional like job and extracurriculars but if you want to be a well-rounded student then you need all these things.

S O C I A L

All of my high schools friends went to university at least 3 hours aways from me so basically, in the fall I didn’t have any friends.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

You make some friends in CC from your classes, but you only ever see them in class. 

I was the youngest and one of two girls in my Calculus II class so i didn’t really talk to anyone

You meet so many different people at CC who have different lives from yours

a lot of my classmates has children and i just couldn’t relate lol 

Some people know each other from the surrounding high schools

but I didn’t go to a normal high school so 

Some friends you keep in contact with! 

I met a girl at orientation who I ran into at the mall so we see each other sometimes there 

and we follow each other on instagram 

UNIVERSITY 

in university, everyone knows everyone. 

Well not really, but basically.

Everyones is connected somehow and you meet lots of people from your housing, classes, job, and extracurriculars.

You might not be best friends with everyone you meet but it’s nice to see a familiar face

I’ve had lots of classes with people who i’ve never met, but i know of them and see them all the time 

D I F F I C U L T Y   O F   C L A S S E S

I know people say that the classes at uni and CC have the same difficulty, this is also false. 

COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

the classes at CC were very similar to my high school classes so it felt like a continuation of high school.

 I got A’s in all my classes except writing (bc i suck) and I felt like i didn’t have to work that hard for it.

My homework was usually online for some classes (chemistry and math) so I had multiple chances to get an answer right

Classes are heavily curved and my math professors dropped our lowest test grade

A TEST GRADE!!!!!

I took one online class and literally as long as you do all the work, you should get an A 

UNIVERSITY 

the struggle is real y’all 

Classes vary by your major

As an engineering student, we are asked to practice theory. so first we learn everything and then we actually have to do it unlike some majors that write a lot of papers. 

Last semester, I had 9 hw assignments of algorithm design and 5 coding projects plus our group project. yikes 

Classes are curved but not always. 

each professor curves differently 

some curve exams

and others curve final grades

some professors curve down!!! 

the business classes at my university are so easy