| We have discussed some of the wonderful | | | | find that the impersonal atmosphere of most |
| advantages that university life and educations | | | | universities is quite limiting when it comes to |
| present. However, we must in turn discuss some of | | | | interaction with other students. The smaller classroom |
| the other disadvantages that are associated with | | | | environments of community colleges invite interaction |
| university learning as well. | | | | between the students in the class. |
| While we discuss these you should keep in mind that | | | | An open line of communication within the classroom is |
| they do not by any means indicate that you should | | | | greatly preferred to having so many students that |
| give up on your higher education goals, only that you | | | | no one gets a voice or the ability to voice their |
| should view your educational process with realistic | | | | opinions or personal experiences when it comes to |
| expectations. | | | | certain topics. |
| When compared with the community college system | | | | Another disadvantage to university life is the sheer |
| the very first and most distinctive disadvantage that | | | | size of university campuses. Community colleges tend |
| comes to mind is the high cost of upper education on | | | | to be much more compact. This means that students |
| the university level. | | | | have a fairly decent chance of making it to all classes |
| Community colleges are simply more cost effective | | | | on time and without the worry of walking 2 miles in |
| all around than universities. The costs go well beyond | | | | ten minutes. |
| that money that would be spent on room and board | | | | While this is great for physical fitness, missing the |
| making the tuition alone cost prohibitive in many | | | | first ten minutes of class each week can limit the |
| cases. | | | | educational process that your university experience |
| While there are many types of financial aid available | | | | should be providing. It seems like such a small thing |
| to students the vast majority of college students in | | | | on one hand but when you are hauling around a day's |
| this country make ends meet through the use of | | | | worth of textbooks and a laptop- that hike can be |
| student loans, which must be repaid at quite a hefty | | | | the thing that marines seem dubious about |
| interest rate, in order to cover the costs associated | | | | accomplishing. |
| with university educations. | | | | While there are a few distinctive disadvantages to |
| Beyond the one obvious disadvantage there are a | | | | university life, the fact remains that graduation from |
| few other disadvantages that bear mentioning in this | | | | a university is the single biggest way to increase your |
| particular circumstance. First of all, universities do not | | | | earning potential over the course of your lifetime. |
| have the small intimate classroom settings that | | | | The amounts are by no means insignificant. I highly |
| literally set community colleges apart. | | | | recommend whenever possibly that you attend |
| In fact, for lower level course, most universities offer | | | | community college for the first two years of your |
| large auditorium classes that are taught by graduate | | | | college education. Beyond that, I strongly urge you to |
| students rather than professors and more often than | | | | consider the value that completing your education |
| not the students never get to know those who are | | | | and getting a four-year degree can provide. |
| charged with their education on more than a nod and | | | | If you wish to build self-confidence, earning potential, |
| smile while passing in the halls basis. | | | | and job security, there is no way of doing so that is |
| This method for learning is considered by many to be | | | | superior to getting a four-year degree. It doesn't |
| exceptionally inferior and the statistics prove that | | | | matter where you are in life or your career; it is |
| students who go straight into a four-year college | | | | never too late to begin getting your education. There |
| environment rather than going through a community | | | | are so many things in the world that a good |
| college first are far less likely to complete their | | | | education will open your eyes to in addition to the |
| degrees. | | | | doors of opportunity a four-year degree will open. |
| If that isn't enough of a disadvantage, many people | | | | |