Explain community college in secondaries?

[Noggin]

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Hello everyone,

I was wondering if you think that I should explain why I decided to attend a community college verses a four-year institution for my first two years of college in my secondaries. I went to a CC because I had a dream of going to this one particular university, and the CC had a sort of "gauranteed transfer program" with the university. In other words, I didn't make it into the university straight out of high school. I am wondering if adcoms will wonder why I didn't just go to a four year because my family is certainly not financially disadvantaged. Should I explain this or should I just not bring it up?

 

[DokterMom]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if you think that I should explain why I decided to attend a community college verses a four-year institution for my first two years of college in my secondaries. I went to a CC because I had a dream of going to this one particular university, and the CC had a sort of "gauranteed transfer program" with the university. In other words, I didn't make it into the university straight out of high school. I am wondering if adcoms will wonder why I didn't just go to a four year because my family is certainly not financially disadvantaged. Should I explain this or should I just not bring it up?

Don't bring it up. It's an advertisement that you were rejected from the university at first. There are many excellent reasons why people choose CCs. Pick the one that fits best, and provide that answer if asked.

 

[DylanE]

I'd say depends on the prompt, but yeah, I'd go with that. If anything, it shows that you are willing to take a risk and follow through. I ended up barely making it out of high school and attending a CC before getting into a pretty awesome school, and I am definitely working that into some of my diversity, overcoming difficulty ect.. essays. If your grades and ECs and everything else are good now, then not being cookie cutter back then is a bonus, I'd say