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Technical college curiosity?
Would going to a technical college which is regionally accredited, and offers associate's degree when what I would like to do is have a career in computer-related fields, such as a computer networking person, things related to those fields? I do want to further my education by getting a bachelor's degree, and maybe focus on master's eventually, since the credits can be transferrable?I keep reading mixed reviews on how terrible a technical college is compared to community, or that it does not matter but what I choose?
Public Comments
- If a tech school's credits do not transfer than you are out time and money if you are looking to persue an advanced degree. You're best bet is to go to a community college or a traditional university. If computers is a field that you are looking at going into then I recommend talking to recruiters or head hunters in the industry and see what they recommend would be your best bet on how to get in the door.
- any empoyer likes to see any kind of extended education. it doesnt matter what it is because it shows that you can be trained and you can learn and will be worth being trained for their company. it is extremely rare for an employer to take somebody with less education than to take a person with continued education. so i would to to what ever you ant to go to cuz either way it will look good on your resume.
- The typical reason why tech colleges get a bad wrap is because most ALL of your classes are technical. If you take 10 computer science classes, it's likely only 2-3 will xfer to another school. I would suggest community college with a specialization in a technical area. When you finally xfer to a university, you will have already completed your general education requirements and be going into 2 full years of technical classes. Some people just get excited and want to skip the 2 years of lame classes but that can end up costing time and money in the end.
- If your goal is to get a bachelors degree, you need to start by making an appointment at the 4 year college to see where they will accept credits from. If you show them information on this "technical college" and find out that you'll only be able to transfer 3 classes after 2 years there you need to find out where they will transfer classes from and go there. Most folks don't understand the difference between an associates degree and a bachelors degree. If you get an associates degree designed to transfer to a 4 year program to major in computer science, the classes you'll take are NOT the same as if you get a "stand alone" associates degree in computer science. There is a HUGE difference in the classes. You will need to focus on a school that will give you your general education requirements for a bachelors degree (these will be mostly non computer classes). You will earn most of your upper level computer classes from the 4 year school. Hope my rambling helped
