At a typical community college, whats the social scene like compared to a big university?

Hi, it depends if you get involved in some of the activities at a community college — like the college radio station or TV station. Then it is a lot of fun and you can meet people of similar ages and mindsets. You end up doing a lot of extra-curricular activities together.

Otherwise, a community college has a broader age span of students, many are commuters, so the social scene is fragmented to non-existent. There are no communal residential facilities for community colleges — most students live at home or off campus and just come in for class. That means that students rarely see each other outside of during class.

With a university, the student body is contained usually to either on campus or a couple of mile radius off campus. So you can meet more people your own age more easily because you are probably living with them. Student bodies are generally larger — in the multi-thousands so the social scene (clubs, restaurants) in the surrounding area is geared to the students. Since the community college doesn’t have that mass of consolidated population, the local businesses are not targeted to students.

Mass Bay Community College in Massachusetts is like an extension of high school.

I graduated from the University of Alabama in 1997, I found it to be more interesting and exciting. There is so much going on. There were lots of activities and groups.

Both are very different environments. I like the big university atmosphere better. The social scene is much better, that’s a given.

Usually at a community college its easier to form a click of friends. At a big University it has always seemed a bit harder. Depends on you and I guess the university you attend.

Depends on the campus and the location of the campus. It will less likely have dorms in most cases but there are still activities and ways to socialize.

But you are there to learn first and foremost.