Happy Snowman
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And your information about community college credits comes from where? Is it "many" or just those you have looked at?
I just looked on several college forum sites for the question and all have posts saying that they did that very thing--went from community college to university and their credits did transfer. These are students who plan to go on to grad school.
There are 3 large universities in this state, and dd will look at two out of state schools. All of which certainly do accept credits from the community college. Several of these schools, in fact, will advise students struggling in a course to drop it at their school and take it here and transfer the credit back in so that they stand a better chance of passing the course.
Eng Comp is Eng Comp is Eng Comp. Why should we pay $1200 to take it when $300 gives you the same class with the same instructor? And yes, it will transfer.
For some kids that didn't do well in high school or start college a little later or those that did do well enough in high school to get great scholarships to a community college (full rides, half tuition/books, etc), community college can be a great way for them to start school and get scholarships to a university so they aren't giving up anything. We have had students start here paying out of pocket and leave here with full rides to a university. So your information is not always correct.
....and like I said, several times--STATE schools usually accept the credits....said that many times, but since we were talking private schools..... . It's not as cut and dried as you want to make it either..and outside of your state schools, your chances are not good that they will accept the credits. When you are on the other end of the college process, come back and report how well it worked out for you outside of your state schools....have you have it 100% in writing that they will take EVERY class from the CC???? Feel free to assume it will go as planned though, but seeing it at the other end and how many of our kids' friends and other college students we know NOT have it work out for them and they all have to go another year or take summer classes at full cost....just not worth the little bit you save...if that....
And and FYI--even your state schools only accept SOME CC classes....