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First year of community college to be free in California
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titiklabingapat
Member
Would be great if it was two free years but first year free is still awesome.
Randolph Freelander
Member
First hit's on us.
Knuckle Sandwich
Member
Nice. I love my state. 
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Gotta start the addiction somehow!
Cool this is happening. Hope gets more to try college at least.
I recently went back to school and was really impressed with the quality of the professors and the community college I took some pre-reqs at. It is already really cheap and there are a lot of programs to help people out. I will say it can be really hard for people to get into some classes such as anatomy and physiology because of the demand though.
You can become an RN with 3 (hard)years at a community college and if you are lucky, get a job in a hospital with a starting salary of about $75K a year. Its a lot more if you work in the Bay Area. Debt would be around $15k.
You can become an RN with 3 (hard)years at a community college and if you are lucky, get a job in a hospital with a starting salary of about $75K a year. Its a lot more if you work in the Bay Area. Debt would be around $15k.
AlmostMilk
Member
Would be great if they could do that too. But it would have to be done differently. Most trade school programs only run one year. Mayne do the first six months.
Gunblade47
Neo Member
Very good news to hear states starting this.
Could help a lot with kids discovering they dont want to be in the field theyre studying or simply that they dont need a qualification (unfortunately rare).
In my first year of software development most people dropped out because they couldnt keep up. They all have around $11,000 debt because of it which is huge if you're only working for around $700pm (This is not the US).
Could help a lot with kids discovering they dont want to be in the field theyre studying or simply that they dont need a qualification (unfortunately rare).
In my first year of software development most people dropped out because they couldnt keep up. They all have around $11,000 debt because of it which is huge if you're only working for around $700pm (This is not the US).
Very Berry Sunday
Member
Money's gotta come from somewhere.
Make Marijuana legal and tax that.
Make Marijuana legal and tax that.
Gnome Scat
Member
That's a pretty nice free trial.
RandomExpletive
Member
Radical, hopefully if its successful we can up it to 2 years, but a great start
In the US, usually, students have to take their General Education classes (the basics: English, Math, Science, etc...) before even venturing toward their major especially community colleges.
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
Way a head of you. Voters legalized it in California in the 2016 election. Business licences coming in 2018.
Gunblade47
Neo Member
That's very interesting to know. We had something similar where I studied but it was purely for the students that didn't meet the requirements of their course in high school. For example not taking high grade maths but then wanting to study software development.
Are those classes all year or is it for a few months before you move on to your actual courses like a kind of probation period?
The Hamburglar
Banned
Arent most of the the best jobs got through networking by being st the best prestigious universities?
LeroyPantwether
Member
Usually for a semester or two . Some you can test out of depending on your major . A lot of majors also require a foreign language which can be taken care of at community college . There are also classes to bring incoming students up to speed if they're behind , sort of like the probation period you alluded too. Those classes are required if your tests stink and the credits don't go toward your degree . Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but pretty sure that's how it all works .
People don't go to community college to get "the best jobs",they go to get a good job.
This is an awesome start.
Community College allows you to meet people of all types of backgrounds/stages of life which is hugely beneficial just from a life standpoint. Vastly preferred it to the first two years of dorm experience most of my friends had.
I went to transfer to a university I couldn't have gone to otherwise.
Community College allows you to meet people of all types of backgrounds/stages of life which is hugely beneficial just from a life standpoint. Vastly preferred it to the first two years of dorm experience most of my friends had.
Yup. Jack up tuition on the second year to make up for it.
the-pi-guy
Member
Usually classes are around 4 months long.
My first year was a lot of gen eds, but I was also taking my first major course.
It's not probationary. I have a friend who will finish all his major courses next semester but can't graduate until he finishes his gen eds.
I'm kind of in a similar boat. I've been taking my major courses for the past 2.5 years, but I still have to take 2 gen Ed courses before I graduate.
At my university, they have certain requirements like take 10 credits of social science courses (history, psychology, etc.), take 12 credits of science courses, etc. (Most classes are 3 credits.). There's a good variety of options like it allows you (or sometimes requires) to take language courses and music courses, etc. Usually gen eds are the first year and a half of courses.
Gunblade47
Neo Member
Wow it's completely different from ours then. Thank you both very much for the info!
Here's hoping this catches on in other states and starts including more years.
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
Bro, NY did that only a few months ago.
CampbellzSoup
Member
Baby steps everyone, celebrate the good thing for people who cant afford it
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