PolyTransfer

It is our mission to ensure a transfer receptive culture by providing resources and programming to connect and support transfer students to achieve their desired academic, professional, and personal goals.

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Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

George Washington Carver (via fyp-science)

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An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Benjamin Franklin  (via shannonstudies00)

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That is the way to learn the most, when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes. - Albert Einstein

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Think like a proton and stay positive

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“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes — understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.”

Arianna Huffington (via the-normal-university-life)

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As long as you are trying, you are not failing.

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Either I will find a way or I will make one.

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TOM HANKS 

We all know him as the voice behind Woody the toy cowboy from Disney’s Toy Story, and we also loved him as the sweet and caring Forest in the cult classic Forrest Gump. So who or what does Mr. Hanks owe his success to― Chabot College. In an article he wrote for the New York Times, the iconic actor revealed that due to lack of financial funds led him to attend the community college. He writes, “ I sent my final set of stats to Chabot, a community college in nearby Hayward, Calif., which, because it accepted everyone and was free, would be my alma mater” He also voiced his opinion on how President Obama wants to invest in free education for community college students. He says, “ I’m guessing the new Congress will squawk at the $60 billion price tag, but I hope the idea sticks, because more veterans, from Iraq and Afghanistan this time, as well as another generation of mothers, single parents and workers who have been out of the job market, need lower obstacles between now and the next chapter of their lives. High school graduates without the finances for a higher education can postpone taking on big loans and maybe luck into the class that will redefine their life’s work. Many lives will be changed” In his closing paragraph, he tells his kids, “That place made me what I am today.”

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Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will

Suzy Kaseem

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All things are difficult before they’re easy

Thomas Fuller

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No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again

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Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain

Vivian Greene

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We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise we harden

Johann Wolfgang Von Götte

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Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take the step.

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Amy Tan

Author of The Joy Luck Club, which has been translated into 25 languages and received the Los Angeles Times Book Award, says that attending a community college was “a wonderful decision.. Perhaps it was the only decision I could have made. I didn’t have a lot of money and I was putting myself through college” Tan attended San Jose City College and eventually was able to later attend UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. Most individuals seem to think community college is for people who have no desire to attend a 4-year university. For some it could be a terrible truth, but for others lack of funds make it harder to attend. Though, community college is economically the better choice for those who can’t afford the costs of a university, it doesn’t necessarily mean you should be ashamed of it. Be ashamed for not succeeding, wherever you get your education, it doesn’t matter as long as you get it.  

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Community college students also encompass a more diverse group than four-year institutions: 36 percent of community college students are the first in their families to go to college, and nearly 30 percent are parents themselves; black, Latino and minority students make up half the student population, and nearly all students work at an outside job while attending school.

Why Community College Is Often A Long and Winding Road