I started off really light, I was really scared. I thought college would be really hard. Instead, she excelled in the honors program. After three years at the school, Inda won several scholarships and transferred to Harvard where she is now a senior. Santa Barbara City College's modest tuition allowed Inda to take the plunge.
Community colleges can provide a relatively inexpensive start to a higher education.
Because many community college students live at home, they often save on room and board expenses as well. Two-year schools aren't right for everyone. You're in one institution, you get to know it, and then you have to go somewhere else. They urge students who know they want to continue at a four-year university to check on the transfer agreements their community college has with other schools before they enroll. Students who succeed in transferring graduate at about the same rate as do students who start at four-year institutions.