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If you are out there wanting to learn - checkout a local community college. You can transfer quickly, easily and finish up the last two years at almost any university you want (UCs, Standford, Caltech, CSU, etc). A high proportion of students drop out of these harder universities in the first two years anyway - so they have room. I took a few courses there to save cash - college professors in my classes taught at Berkley anyway and would use the same material. "Enrollment Fee: $31 per unit" - this is INSANE to not take advantage of this. The courses DIRECTLY transfer. Lambda school (or whatever fake bootcamp crap) credits have no transfer ability.

https://www.deanza.edu/



De Anza was great. When I went, it cost $6 per unit. I took waaaay more credits than I was able to transfer, but I learned soooo much.

Adjusted for inflation, it should be $13 now. That fact that the price of college has outpaced inflation by so much is positively criminal. Kids these days are getting screwed sideways.




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