Community Colleges?

Spic-N-SpaN

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I'm thinking that next fall I'll move to Colorado and start going to community college and working and skiing then transfer to a university the next year. But what city should I start in? Main concerns for a community college are its in a cool city, near skiing, somewhere I can meet a bunch of cool people and ideally has a university close by that I can transfer to.

Anyone have any suggestions? Places I'd been thinking about were Boulder, Fort Collins, and I sort of thought of CMC but I'm not sure. What would you do in my situation?
 
CMC is a skiers best choice.

there is also metro, which isnt the best but you are in Colorado after all.

 
Metro isn't a community college, and, for certain degrees is a very respectable school. People from all over the country go to Metro for aviation, and their teaching/nursing programs are very respectable...That being said, I don't think it is what OP is looking for, CMC sounds perfect for you, then transfer to CU/CSU, farther from skiing, but they are both semi decent schools.

 
Yea, you don't know much. Metro is actually considered a university now. I am in the Aviation program there and its a great program.
 
never said it wasnt a good school, I know a few people that went there and have nothing but good things to say about it. (teaching program).
 
wow defensive much? every state school is changing their name to university, it's just a PR move. Metro is just another state college like adams ft lewis mesa or western. they are all pretty affordable compared to the REAL universities, like CU DU CSU. I'm sure out of state tuition price is why he's looking at community colleges, not because he wants to attend the lowest denominator of higher education.
 
Of course people get defensive over their school...I'm sure you would too. The fact is if you want a degree that carries any weight you better not look for schools in Colorado. CU is only well known for engineering, CSU has nothing, DU is a joke and ridiculously overpriced.
 
Didn't know that, see, learn something new everyday.

@Ryan66 Says who?

http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings-2012

On this list of just the west, they put CSU in, but not DU.

On this one they didn't make the top 100, and you have to pay to see all of the information, but what you can see is school after school before it that are half the cost...

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/mba-rankings/page+5

Don't feel the need to keep going on...
 
Financial Times—The only Colorado school with an internationally-ranked Executive MBA program ranked four years in a row-- No. 99. (2011)
 
Didn't mean to come across as pissed. but Metro is can be argued as one of the best aviation programs in the US. I wouldn't consider it the "lowest denominator of higher education". Not everyone wants to pay 30 grand a here when you can pay under 10
 
in 2011 CU ranked 35th for graduate engineering

in that same year, CSU ranked 36th...

CU and CSU are both excellent schools, especially since you dont have to pay six figures for a degree...

However, yes, DU is a joke (40k/year in state)
 
good luck getting a job besides being a philosophy teacher.

I laugh when I see kids going for psychology degrees, unless you get a PHD it's worthless.
 
Philosophy as a field does not have many jobs. As you cited, teaching is one of them.

Philosophy is one of the most useful degrees you can have. The skills one acquires from studying philosophy such as, to think independently, critique, be concise with one's vocabulary, and valuable righting skills, are what employers love to see. If you double major with philo and say, software engineer, you will appear much more attractive to a potential employer.

Your degree does not determine where you end up either. There was a study at Northwestern University that showed 40% of college graduates do not use their degree directly after graduating.

If money is you primary, look at Forbes' top 100 list you will find a surprising amount of college drop outs or high school diplomas.

All I stated was related to the relationship between education and; wealth, money, or employment. What I find shocking is that employment out weighs interest or ambition in one's degree choice. Philosophy is becoming increasingly important as free press is becoming more accessible through the internet. The ill informed can project dogmatism or nihilism (or both) with facebook, twiter, youtube, etc. Philosophy is important to me, that is why I will study it. I am going to do a double major, I don't know what with yet. I want to help make a difference, so it may be education, political science, or law.

Oh yeah psychology is very different than philosophy. Psychology majors do very well with a masters degree. There are lots of routes one cant take with psychology. Science, therapy, medical, or pet psychology if you will.

Good luck with your inevitable death. I hope you don't die as ignorant as you presented yourself in your comment
 
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