What Going to Community College is REALLY Like

[@somescorpio1798]

I went to CSULB out of high school. I was immature, living in the dorms and prioritized all the wrong things. I ended up dropping out after the first year. I then went to PCC and completed the IGETC and TAPS programs. I eventually transferred to and graduated from UCLA. My only wish is that I had gone to PCC out of high school. Good for you girls!

[@GilliePicar]

Yay! So glad it turned out well for you! :)

[@classyjohn1923]

Hi, i'm late to the party so dont know if anyone will read this: @Some Scopio - You should be very proud that you ended up graduating from a good school. I would even go to say that if you didn't go to CSULB out of high school, who knows if you would've gone onto this path to graduate from UCLA. You never know how the future changes if the past changes. And I'm sure that you learned life lessons from your experiences that helped succeed. In my situation, I was only accepted by Cal Poly Pomona for electrical engineering out of high school (my gpa was

[@somescorpio1798]

@@classyjohn1923 I’m going to be honest with you-from the looks of your studies, and the sound of your current situation, you may not be cut out for electrical engineering. And all this time you could’ve been forcing yourself into some ideal, and not remaining open to other possibilities-even outside of engineering. While engineering jobs may be partial to education, promotions and the ability to parlay yourself into better positions comes largely from your experience-as a team player, quick learner, and dedication to the job. Where you went to school matters VERY LITTLE at that point. So, I go back to my original comment-maybe you need to do some soul searching and really take stock of your situation? If this IS for you, then let nothing stop you, and find a way to make every situation, even the bad or less glamorous ones, work in YOUR favor. Good luck my friend-you got this.

[@classyjohn1923]

@@somescorpio1798 I appreciate the thoughtful and honest response. But, I'm not sure that my failures were tied to an inability to learn the material or a mismatch of field of study. Heres my reasoning: 1. During my time at CC, I was mainly failing calculus-based physics and calculus and a few other classes. The reason was directly tied to my mental health. I eventually passed all these classes. For physics, I took the easier professors. I was not ready to put in the work at the time to do homework and study hard at home. Not doing well in a few physics classes doesn't mean that I can't do well in electrical engineering. 2. I had carried with me, a sense of regret, to CPP when I was studying math and I actually put in time and effort to do homework and study (I was still facing periods of depression which affected my grades). At the end, considering how decent my grades were overall, I would say that I could've done similar in an engineering program and passed. 3. When I graduated back in 2020, I spent my free time basically studying programming and some electronics in my free time. It was actually not too bad. I'm already decent at math so being in a low stress environment to learn really motivated me and I was able to learn and do the problems at the end of the chapters in the textbooks. 4. Having worked in a professional engineering environment, I would say that practical, real world engineering is much, much different than learning engineering in school. My work is mostly software engineering with some amount of electrical engineering in there. You have mentors and resources to look up when you're stuck. Theres a lot to learn. I would not say that success in school equates to success in the workplace. My issues described are more related to biases in the workplace. 5. I would not treat failure as the determining factor for giving up on a field/major. Failure is a natural part of the journey and part of growth. So many people treat failure like its the end. Its not and if you do treat it that way, then you'll just get stuck in life at some point. I wouldn't have made the progress I did if I gave up after failure. Aside from what I said above, I have been sort of reflecting and theres still more soul searching to do. I don't know yet if this field of embedded software is it for me yet but I definitely do not mind being here in the meantime.

[@scottrichardson3444]

i am happy to be going to college after being out of school since 1985 yes i said that right i am 50 and am going to fall semester i am trying to learn everything i can to earn a degree in sociology..i really like your pesentation i just watched it helped me with what i need to futher know....

[@GilliePicar]

I'm so glad it helped and I'm happy to hear that you're going further with your education. A degree does not have an age requirement. We need to start normalizing this! Congrats and wishing you the best of luck! :)

[@gabs6084]

im glad to see vids like this that explain community colleges! much love

[@gabs6084]

i live in glendale too so seeing people sharing their experiences about colleges close to me helps much more!

[@allona2679]

Just wanted to comment and say how much this video has helped me understand. No one really has told me how to do things for college and it’s been difficult because I’m 16 graduating in May and have decided to go straight into schooling but it’s a community college 2 hours away from my home so it’s been a little stressful lol but this video helped to make me calm down a little. I’m going to college for Culinary and sadly the only community college that offered it is 2 hours away. So I stressed about how I was going to find housing and another job and pay for schooling since I am so young to be going to college :)

[@dimitritorres5306]

Omg, thank you for taking the time to make this video. This is great content. There are a lot of seniors out there that need to hear this. I'm just about ready to transfer out of CC and I'm really considering making a video similar to this.

[@dimitritorres5306]

Btw, stumbled upon this video bc I was lookin for some inspiration for a complaint speech about the cc stigma Lol

[@GilliePicar]

When I was starting CC, I realized that no on KZbin really talks about how it is. I really wanted to help out those who are confused or uncertain. I highly encourage you to make one! It will make confused seniors more comfortable when they see there are others that chose the CC path!

[@vcam1515]

This was SUPER helpful! I been stressed trying to figure out how school is gonna work after high school and watching a million videos on community college but this is the only video I came past that’s actually reliable. Thank you!

[@GilliePicar]

Thank you so much, I'm so glad this video could help you out in the slightest! :)

[@yocelynbeltran7073]

My biggest regret is not going to cc straight out of hs. I feel like It could have been a much more mature option for myslef. I’m currently in my second year at uni and I’m so miserable because I still have no idea what to do and I wasted so much money and time. I don’t have any passion for learning anymore so I might take a break from school who knows :/ but this video was very insightful.

[@classyjohn1923]

In my situation, I was only accepted by Cal Poly Pomona for electrical engineering out of high school (my gpa was

[@kat-zj1oh]

Thank you for this video! Pls do more community college vids (:

[@freedomawaits7721]

Thank you to y’all lots of good info

[@juggernaut28]

when going to PCC as a freshman received no help whatsoever had to choose random classes, I would end up moving to ELAC which was a better CC. When transferred to Cal State LA it was mandatory to speak to a Counselor based on our Major in Orientation where the counselors would help us choose the classes we needed

[@chinita_doll]

I also went to PCC! And transferred to CSULB! 🦈💛🖤

[@dreamre2877]

A very informational video!

[@1117_]

really helpful video!!

[@anaroles8694]

In pasadena city college how many students attend the student group counseling orientation. Im really nervous.

[@GilliePicar]

About 20 students were at my group counseling session! There's really no need to be nervous, everyone there is just like you. It's more of an informative session if anything, so don't be afraid to ask questions if you're confused about anything. :)

[@hazeljoseph3889]

How are you guys doing now?

[@waiwai7874]

I would like to know some information about classes plz reply me .How many class should I need to take for one semester in PCC

[@pushtysuri7039]

How is it like to attend PCC as an international student? What are the criterias? What were the classes you were talking about in video? I didn't really get it as in my country its totally different. I would be thankful if you explain it to me thoroughly. ;)

[@thanhtamtrannguyen3044]

Did you end up going to PCC? I’m going there this fall

[@rbrooks1280]

Thanks for sharing your journey. Does PCC have an honors program?

[@GilliePicar]

Yes they do! I'm not sure how to get into it exactly since I haven't tried myself but I encourage you to comb through the PCC website because they have lots of good info on there that will help you out. :)

[@lolitznotalex7144]

Did you guys take the sats?🧐

[@GilliePicar]

No I didn’t!

[@chinakoury7875]

Do you know anyone who took nursing in pcc? I’m going to pcc this fall and I wanna do nursing but I’m so scared it’ll be too hard for me and I might drop out of it.

[@GilliePicar]

Yes I do and they actually work as an LVN or RN now (I'm not sure which one it is haha)! It's actually my friend's mom and she said it wasn't too difficult but definitely challenging!

[@TechVHD]

How many semesters did you stay ? Where did you and all your friends transfer to?

[@GilliePicar]

I stayed for 6 semesters, not including summer session. With summer session it would be 8! I transferred to UC Santa Barbara and my friends are yet to transfer.

[@kobelopez4451]

Ha this is dope

[@LukeMotionz]

Where'd you end up going?

[@GilliePicar]

I go to the University of California - Santa Barbara for Communications now :)

[@liamirzakhanian4619]

Omg my high school and ur high school are rivals lol #tornados