I went to Wake Tech for a couple of years before going to State because I had spent 6 years in the Navy and wanted to ease back into college.

I have to admit though, there were a lot of really stupid people at Wake Tech. A completely different level of stupid from what I experienced at NCSU.

Hell, an ex-friend of mine who is an "engineer"(see -- worked as a grunt for so long we won't call you tech anymore because it makes the 21 year old college grads feel weird) at RTI couldn't even pass High School algebra at Wake Tech. Took it twice. That's fucking stupid.

But, there were a lot of other people who just couldn't afford NCSU (or whatever) for 4 years and so they used Wake Tech as a stepping stone.

8/26/2008 12:49:20 PM

^I left after 77 hours even though I could have gotten in sooner. I wasn't about to pay extra money to take social sciences and Spanish.

As for the people who want to bash the community colleges. I have heard that classes at Wake Tech are tougher. I have taken 200 level classes at both places and can somewhat agree. It all depends on who the instructor is though. The Spanish classes at Wake Tech are 5 days a week and move very fast. I was struggling so bad that the teachers told me to take it at NC State since it is easier and it is. I failed Spainish 102 at Wake Tech twice and passed it on the first try at State. I also passed Spanish 201 on the first try at State. I didn't study all that much for either class at State, but studied everyday at Wake Tech and failed.

As for the argument that Wake Tech students are more successfull at State and have higher GPA's. That may be a miss leading stat. First off, people flunk out at Wake Tech too. Secondly, your GPA doesn't transfer from Wake Tech, just the credits. When you transfer you start back at 0.0 and get a GPA after you take classes. It's easier to up your GPA when only 12 to 15 hours may factor into it vs say 90+ hours by the junior year. Once you pile up the credits your GPA doesn't change all that much no matter how well you do.

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8/26/2008 1:05:53 PM

Quote :

"^^ you're wrong. the world needs grunts. "

fuck your mother

8/26/2008 1:27:30 PM

do you disagree?

do you think that hard labor is somehow going to get done on its own?

8/26/2008 4:23:54 PM

I thought that Wake Tech already had a program like this in place. It was a college transfer program or something, where if you finished the 2 year program you basically got an Associates Degree in College Transfer. Upon successful completion, all State universities had to accept you.

8/26/2008 4:28:05 PM

^Only if you meet the requirements. It takes a different GPA for different colleges at different universities. You have to have a 3.0 to get into CHASS, but I think you only need at 2.5 to get into CALS. I only needed a 2.0 to get into CNR.

8/26/2008 7:15:16 PM