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If a tiger is caged too long, it will not be able to hunt when it is released to the wild. Sometimes, human beings are just like the animals. Do you know that most of students coming out of a community college find themselves struggling to study at a four-year university?
I'm not saying that community colleges are inferior to four-year schools. Obviously, there are a lot of advantages at community colleges such as cheap tuition, smaller classes, and a large number of distance learning classes to accommodate people's working schedules. So why do so many students choose to attend a four-year school if they know that they might have to work in a restaurant flipping burgers or take loans to pay for the tuition? The answer lies in the temporary benefits that community colleges offer to the graduating high school seniors.
While the small classes might help the students get more personal attention from their instructors, spending two years studying in an average of class size of 20-30 people will not prepare them for the rigorous courses they will be taking at four-year schools. Many transfer students coming out of community colleges often stuck on seeking outside classroom help available at four-year schools. Some people might also think that community colleges are the best place for the graduating seniors who are unsure about what they want to be in the future. Yet, a lot of them do not realize that four-year schools offer a larger variety of courses for them to explore their career interest and different activities to help them develop non-academic skills.
There is another great opportunity the students attending community colleges miss: dorm life. A lot of students might think that community colleges are more convenient and time-saving. However, for students who live in the dorms at a four-year university, they will realize that staying on campus gives them more time to explore the opportunities on campus enrich their personal experience by interacting with people from different backgrounds.

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