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Reply to "JUCO vs going Strait D1 D2 D3"

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Originally posted by fanofgame:
But it is not true that you are wasting time at a Jc if you were a good highschool student.

If you take legit classes, and follow the IGETSE)in Ca.) Don't know if they use it else where.The classes transfer to UC and state schools.Every class my son has taken transfers at every school we have visited so far, And he can even leave JC after one year.it can be done.

Kids do transfer, and they do get recruited.A lot more than people think.I think a JC kid can still finish in 4 years if he takes 30 units at the JC.


Sorry if you thought I meant a JC student is wasting time at the JC. My point (actually my son's point) is that taking a demanding high school schedule and studying for and taking the ACT, SAT, SAT II, sometimes multiple times, takes up a lot of time during the HIGH SCHOOL years. He feels he will have wasted that time and effort of his high school years if he goes to a JC.

I went the CA JC route myself, and took 100% transferrable classes as well. All my units transferred. However, when transferring to the 4-year school, there were classes within the major that needed to be taken before I could get on coarse with the final two years of the 4-year school. Those classes weren't offered at the JC.

I am not against the JC route, but there are some valid reasons not to choose that route. And, as some have stressed here, you really want to make sure the classes transfer if you're looking to get a degree at the finish line.

As far as recruitment, look at the rosters for most of the UC schools and you will see nearly 50% JC transfers. There is great recruitment at the CA JC's.

What that number doesn't show is that 50-100 kids are invited to show up at these JC's each year and half are weeded out before spring season. And half of those that make the team don't see the field. So 75% of those thinking the JC route is their path to a 4-year school are not going to be recruited at all.
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