How to Be a Successful College Student

Kenneth McMill
5/27/2013
ENG 111
Outline Quiz
What are the benefits of attending a community college?
Attending Community College has many benefits that a lot of future students overlook. In some cases this may be true because of the lack of knowledge of the available benefits that the colleges have to offer, especially when you’re coming straight out of high school or returning to school years after you have graduated from the 12th grade. But in the foremost case, students usually elect to take the four year University Degree, in some cases this may be wise, but people should give more consideration to attending Community College, because of the ease of attending, the lower cost and the flexibility of the classes.
One of the best things is there are no enrollment essays to submit for admissions like you have in your Universities like Harvard or UNC. The test scores whether high or low still allow you to attend the school at different levels until you achieve the college course status. Then there is registration which is very easy with its open admissions policy that allows all to attend and achieve successfully.
Another good thing about attending Community College is the residence cost for each credit hour is lower that the Universities. With the cost of living this is a plus for State residence. Then to subsidize the cost further you have the opportunity to apply for Pell grants (non- loan payment) to help with the cost of your books and course expense. This is good for when you want to save your actual borrowed loans for the more expensive four year Universities. So the money you receive or borrow for the two year college will be less than the University cost.
Finally you have your overall classroom sizes (per student) which are smaller than usual. With this, you have a better one on one with your instructor to get more tests and study info. Then outside of that you have the academic assistance that is set up throughout the school, which helps in tutoring (before and after class) and with online classes. This is done with no extra cost to the budget conscious student during their two year attendance at the college. As you can see there are quite a few benefits that go along with attending a community college. So if you have not thought about this as one of your options in your continuing education, then you may want to take it into consideration.