I’m in a catch 22 situation. I want to go to a four year college, but I was previously placed in the remedial track and have a poor academic standing. If I go to a community college, I could improve my grades, but the material they cover is a replacement for high school classes and I’d be precluded from signing up for entry classes at the four year college. This seems like to would put me at a disadvantage when that finally happened and I would only be setting myself up for long term failure.
I’d consider CC if I could “transfer” in as a freshman to a four year, but the colleges I looked into all have rules against applying as a freshman if you have two years worth of credits. When I tried CC, the material was absolutely high school level just with smaller font in the textbooks.
I don’t do well in traditional semester college cuz adhd.
So, never went to college. Started in fast food, last job was 75k/ year tech job.
I took a lot of short term accredited programs. ROP certifications. LearnIT. Studied on my own to test MVP certifications for excel, PowerPoint, word. You can study on your own to take A+ certification exam. I took community college non credit classes about various applied arts.
So, I’d show up at job interviews with no traditional college degree, but a ton of certifications, short term classes, etc. They were fascinated by my diverse tech skills, it showed I had ambition. So I got a lot of jobs easily this way.
Also, try being a career temp for a while. If you prove you’ll show up for the gigs professionally, they’ll send you to more assignments . I did this for a decade, got phenomenal skillset, different industries , lot of diverse experience.
I have a job. That’s not what the post is about.
Edit: after reading your post again, I get the feeling that my advice may not be relevant to you. My comment is specifically dealing with my experience as an American.
If I go to a community college, I could improve my grades, but the material they cover is a replacement for high school classes and I’d be precluded from signing up for entry classes at the four year college.
This system is pretty incongruous with my college experience. You may get more accurate help if you specify what area you’re from
Are you a current high-school student? I can only speak from my own experience about a decade ago but I’d recommend to take as many AP and dual-enrollment courses as you can. AP courses were weighted and boosted my GPA way up and dual-enrollment let me take college courses for free in my highschool. If your school offers either of these, take as many as you can. My local state university actually partnered with our community college so transferring was as smooth as could be. It might be worth actually chatting with both the community college you’re considering and your eventual four-year university’s admission offices and making sure that what you understand is right.
Don’t discount the benefits of Community College, either.
When I tried CC, the material was absolutely high school level just with smaller font in the textbooks.
This is absolutely the case with freshman courses at a university. Only difference is that you’re paying three times as much for tuition.
Edit: after reading your post again, I get the feeling that my advice may not be relevant to you. My comment is specifically dealing with my experience as an American.
I’m not OP, but I’m confused by this edit. Are you seeing that OP is indicating they aren’t an American/in the American academic system? I’m not seeing that anywhere. I agree with what you said and even see pathways OP can take, but if they aren’t in the American academic system, then my advice wouldn’t be helpful either.
I’m just not familiar with any system where community college courses can boost a highschool GPA. I may just be misunderstanding the post though
