| College is said to be one of the most important rites of | | | | comes from living at home. This is probably the right |
| passage in a students life. Particularly for students with | | | | choice for students who are not yet ready to take |
| learning disabilities who have a greater need for | | | | responsibility for laundry, banking, meals and other |
| academic support, choosing the perfect college is | | | | requisite tasks that living away requires. It would be a |
| critical to post secondary success. | | | | good idea, however, for students to work on |
| For students who are unsure about whether college is | | | | independent living tasks while at home, so they will be |
| for them, community college may be a reasonable | | | | one day be prepared to move out. |
| place to begin, provided they set up an outside | | | | Finally, many community college students tend to |
| academic support system in advance. This is because | | | | schedule classes in the morning and leave campus by |
| it is rare for most colleges to offer much in the way of | | | | noon. They do not take advantage of the plethora of |
| disability "services", and community colleges are no | | | | clubs and activities offered on campus. This can be a |
| different in this regard. Do not be lulled into submission | | | | POSITIVE for you. If you wanted to be an editor of |
| by the fact that there is a Learning Specialist on staff. | | | | the school newspaper, or the class president, for |
| When you consider the number of students requesting | | | | example, there would not be as much competition. It is |
| services, how often can you reasonably expect help | | | | much easier to be a "big fish in a small pond" at |
| from that person? | | | | community college; you can hone leadership skills that |
| Community college is not 13th grade, as many students | | | | assist you in life as well as transfer! Transfer colleges |
| think prior to their arrival. The teaching is generally just | | | | look for good academic records, but significant |
| as good, if not better, than other colleges because | | | | participation in an extra-curricular activity is seen as |
| professors are not required to do research-they are | | | | very favorable, as well. Keep in mind that it is much |
| always interacting with students. Also, there are many | | | | better to go deep and wide. That is, it is preferable to |
| adjunct, or part-time, faculty members who also teach | | | | play an active role in one club than be a passive |
| classes at local universities. In effect, you are getting | | | | member of many. |
| quality teaching at community college for a much more | | | | Community college is a good choice for students with |
| reasonable price. In addition, the course standards at | | | | disabilities provided they hire an outside learning |
| community college are equal to those of four-year | | | | specialist for support several days a week. The low |
| colleges, or students would be unprepared upon | | | | tuition at community college makes this a viable option. |
| transferring. | | | | Without this added support, this author has perceived |
| Another advantage to community college is that it | | | | community college as too great a risk for this cohort |
| offers a compromise. You still have college-level work | | | | of students. |
| but with the academic and emotional support that | | | | |