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Community Colleges

Community colleges are an excellent option for students to work towards an Associates degree, trade/tech certificate or as a pathway to transfer to a 4 year college or university. Many students choose to attend a community college after high school for a number of different reasons including financial reasons (yes community college is cheaper!) or perhaps to further their academic skills before heading to a 4 year university or college.
 
Here in California we are very fortunate to have a great system of community colleges. Typically community colleges are non-residential, which means they do not have on-campus housing. Students who attend community college usually live at home and commute to school on a daily basis.
 
Requirements to be ELIGIBLE to apply to a community college:
  • Must be 18 years of age or older OR
  • Must have a high school diploma or GED
Steps to apply/enroll at a CA community college:
  1. Complete an online application - http://home.cccapply.org/
  2. Take the Math and English Placement Exam (usually you must take this exam at the community college you plan to attend)
            Study for this test!!!
            Usually this test takes about 2-3 hours, so make sure you plan ahead!
  3. Meet with a counselor at the community college - Once you have your tests results, try to schedule an appointment with a counselor at the community college so that they can go over which classes you should register for.
  4. Register for your classes online - yes, YOU register for classes via the web. So make sure you learn how to do this before your registration date happens!!
LA College Promise
 
The LA College Promise is a partnership between the LACCD (Los Angeles Community College District) and the LAUSD created in 2017.
 
This program guarantees one year of free tuition for graduating LAUSD seniors to any of the 9 community colleges in the LACCD which include LA Mission College, LA Valley College and Pierce College, LA Trade Tech, LA City College, Southwest College, Harbor College, East Los Angeles College, West Los Angeles College.
 
For more information please click on the following link: http://lacollegepromise.org/