After your classes, take the time to get involved in an extra curricular activity. Enrolling at a college makes you part of a unique community where opportunity abounds. Classes should be your #1 priority, but the majority of my most…
1. Be Curious “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi The amount we know about our world is increasing exponentially, but it seems like the more we learn…
Transferring to a four-year university can be one of the most stressful and challenging times in your college career. Next to deciding on your major, choosing which campus to attend is the biggest decision you will make as a student. Here…
It should be easy to get the classes you need, but it isn’t. Community colleges are over-enrolled and under-funded, and that means there is competition for classes. By being prepared to enroll, working your way off the waitlist, and taking…
IGETC, another acronym! This one stands for Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. In other words, the IGETC is an agreement between UC’s and CSU’s, and California Community Colleges (CC’s) that transfer students who have completed IGETC will have met general…
To earn a four-year degree you can go straight into a four-year institution, or you can attend two different schools for two years each. Transferring is the process of changing from one school, like a California Community College (CC) to…
California’s Community Colleges offer 135 different degree and certificate programs for students to choose from. The most important thing in making your choice is to pick something you love and go after it. Life is too short to spend it doing…
Your education plan is like a roadmap to graduation. When you meet with your counselor for the first time they will sit down with you and create your education plan outlining what classes you will take when. Going into this…
Most schools like their students to be generally educated, hence the General Education requirements, or GE’s. Regardless of what degree you are pursuing, you must fulfill GE’s. Only some certificates do not require them. If you intend to transfer, different…
Setting foot on campus for the first time is one of the most intimidating moments of your college career, or at least it was for me! I parked my car, got out, looked around, and wondered: what now? If you don’t…
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