The classes are hard; however, a lot of that is due from the change of freshman to junior level classes. Once you start taking upper level classes anywhere the expectations are higher. Don’t worry too much I’m also a bio. major, who kick butt in community college. I’m now a senior at university. I’ve struggled with a few classes, but the experience on a whole has been great. For a select few classes or professors don’t be surprised to work five times as hard for a B or C as you did for an A in community college. I’ve also found that university professors and staff are far less helpful and compromising then community college teachers. Anyway… make friends with people who have taken some the classes before for study hints, don’t procrastinate (she types while her A+P book mocks her), and do not always listen to the buzz about a teacher being terrible (however be mindful of those who have endured the torture). Beware that your community college GPA does not transfer, so all your classes aren’t worth much to the university. You’re starting over with only the hardest classes left; therefore, your university GPA can take quite a beating with just one or two killer classes. Sorry to end on a downer, I’m sure you’ll do great. Good luck on your first semester as a university student.

With all honesty, it really depends on what you are studying and where you want to transfer to. Any programs that tend to have a very specific curriculum (in your case, engineering), I would ignore the CC and go straight into 4 year as most of your credits will not transfer. Also, transfering to a public university is much easier then a private one. Generally speaking, your mom is right. If you want to move onto a 4 year school from a CC, you will need to have great grades and showed that you may have not worked hard in high school but you are capable of doing the work in college.

I’m a UCLA student. It seemed like half my high school went to Davis, so I know a whole bunch of people who go there, and constantly get their feedback. Biology should be an alright subject for Davis, meaning you’ll definitely have a courseload that will, at times, feel like you want to die. However, it’s not as bad as people make it seem. Just make sure you stay on top of things both in school and in everything else, like talking to your friends, going to the gym, and all that jazz.

Have fun. Aggies!

I started in community college myself. I got my chemistry Ph.D. a few years ago, then taught a few years in university. Community college is usually easier than university, most students are there because they were not prepared. So, instructors have to choose selective topics to teach just not to flunk most of them. However, the textbooks are more or less the same. When I was in community college, I always studied more than assigned topics. When I transferred to university, I could still compete with others. If you excelled in community college, you have a good chance to do well in university, just need to expect more from yourself, regardless if it is required or not. In university, the competition is more obvious. Relatively it is harder to get a good grade. A lot of prefessors do research, so you get less help from them, need to look for TAs. You need to be more independent.

It really depends on your community college and the undergrad you are transfering to. I went to a community college that was in the same town as a top rated university. A lot of the teachers of the top rated school also taught at our community college. Those were the hardest classes I ever had and when I transfered to my undergrad it was comparable

I think classes at the University level are a bit harder but since you have been at community college it shouldn’t be so bad and since you seem to have your head set right im sure you will do great. Congrats

way harder more rules but mostly the work load is about the same don’t feel too scared just expect harder level work

Sometimes they are, but It sounds like you are a good student so you shouldn’t have much worries. Usualy universities are just more expensive, and offer less financel aid. 🙂

Definitely harder, why do you think they had higher standards?

YES they SO are