關於美國community college.......

1. Actually, I don't much difference between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the only point that you should beware is which university you want to get in.

2. Well, for my experience, studying at either Santa Monica College or Pasadena City College would be the best deal for those who want to transfer to UCLA. However, Foot Hill College is located at "S.F." (kind of), therefore, transferring to SF universities would better there. It is becuase admitting students is different from state to state, the local students gain the top priority to get in the universities at which they belong to. For example, UCLA offers the highest priority for those students who stuying at LA area.
You see the point here?

a. It is meaningless man. Most of the colleges have the same power and ability to help students to transfer. However, it would be the case: If you are studying at SMC and majoring in Biology, you will definitely gain the highest priority to get in UCLA. The reason is that the Biology series at SMC is totally designed for transferring to UCLA. The former Biology chair at SMC used to study under the chair of UCLA.

b. Well, the location should be decided by yourself, such as convenience to market, transport or the safety consideration.
I can tell you as most of the others' do, UC Berekely is the best Business school in the UC system, however, the rate to get in UCB is like gambling. Even though you get GPA 4.0 would be denied admission from UCB. Well, there is no Busniess option at UCLA, but the economics instead. Why don;t you think about University of Southeren California (USC). Don't look down upon this sch., USC is an excellent undergraduate and graduate Busniess school. At the same time, you had to pay a lot more since it is a private school ! In sincre, if you think you are not the genius, most of the UCs are the good one to get in, like UCSD, UC Davis, UC Irvine (the most highest accpetance rate as I know... 4 of my fds they all accpeted, GPA 3.0 will be fine.).. well, UCSB is fair also, it's kind of laid back, suggests studying under a good mood and it's a party U. (But noooot bad !)

2007-04-04 21:30:46 補充：
Actually, I don't SEE much difference

I'm living near San Francisco. San Francisco is cold, wet and windy in winter. Summer time is fine, not humid.
But San Francisco is not that safe everywhere, u need to be careful.
If you can drive, it's safer and more convenience. But you must be really careful in driving. Don't get into accident. You also need to pay for car insurance, parking fee, high price gasoline, buy used camry or honda car(about $3000-5000).

About campus, deAnza college is located in cupertino. Cupertino is a good neighborhood, safe. Housing price is high. A lot of high-income middle class taiwanese lived there. I never studied in DeAnza college, so i don't know the quality or what kind of people studied there, but i know it must be better than Chabot College(Blacks and hispanic) and definitely NOT Laney college in Oakland( lots of Blacks, Hispanic, Vietnamese, Chinese).
Foothill college should be good, because it is located in los alto hills. I've been to Los Altos hills, there's ferrari and bentley car dealer there. The average house price there is around 1.5 million USD, one of the highest in bay area. Their bus is the cleanest I seen, and only white people sit inside, so i assume it is much safer. And it is not a crowded city, so driving there is safer as well.

I know a friend of mind transfer from Chabot College to UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business majoring in either finance or accounting. He is also an international student from Hong Kong, a very smart guy. I personally get into Berkeley's Chemistry. And another friend get into chemical engineering. I think most importantly, UCB look at your GPA first, and for Haas school of business, u do need 3.9 to 4.0 GPA. My friend got 3.95 GPA to get in HSB. And since the program is very competitive, a good GPA is not enough. You better get a good recommendation letter from counselor or teacher. To get a "good" recommendation letter, u should get involve in student activities. For example, my friend is the countroller of student government, present the budget for next year. He is the accounting tutor for tutorial center for almost 2 years, that earn him some money at the same time!. He is also the secretary of international club. His counselor wrote a very long and good recommendation letter for him. I myself is the club council chairperson and I present research papers in American chemical society. So do something related to your studies outside of school, show your passion for the subject. If you don't know any, ask the teacher in community college, don't be afraid, ask more than one teacher. If you work hard and smart, Berkeley's admission office will know.

by the way, i know a guy who is studying economics right now in UCB. He is also from Hong Kong, a very smart guy, get lots of awards in HK. And he said the first two years of stuff learning in community college is very basic! The last two year is much hard. He said the class now show him how labor laws affect unemployment. And there's different models describing it..... He studied till 1 am every night the first semester in UCB. The hard part is not to get in, the hard part is getting out! So prepare to spend long hours study in UCB...... ^.^

my suggestions to anyone wanting to get into any university is to study hard, to improve your reading comprehension skill. There's no easy way or short cut. The last two years in UC, u depend on yourself only. You have to read fast, able to comprehend the materials and able to do the problems at the back. Don't depend on your professor. Either foothill or deAnza college is fine, if u studied well, u will get into UC. Good luck !
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1.其實有車就方便...如果唔諗住買車的話, 我諗deanza應該係最方便
安全的話我會推薦foothill...不過較"山卡la"

p.s. 我覺得大城市嘅治安都唔係太好
LA天氣較乾同熱, SF較凍(冬天會常下雨)

2.
(a)間間嘅transfer rate都唔錯...dvc同deanza transfer得較好相比其他三間
不過foothill都不錯...smc同pasadena d學生主要想transfer去ucla.
(b)個人覺得deanza唔錯, 唯一唔好就係多香港人
deanza同foothill個campus無可能見唔到香港人
最易transfer入berkeley應該係dvc
uc中berkeley嘅business應該係最勁(超難入), 另外ucla係無business(只有business econ)
(c)建議住一陣homestay先, 如覺不適合, 可以同朋友搬出去
(d)環境大同優美應該foothill(成個山都係佢)
(e)聲譽間間都唔錯...好難評定邊間聲譽最好

其實主要睇你想transfer去邊度, 先決定邊間會好d
可以去睇睇http://www.litzusa.com
但不建議幫襯