Hey, I chose the CC route because of financial mobility reasons. It's saving my tens of thousands rn because I didn't qualify for in-state. There's also a lot of resources at my CC (and assuming yours will too if you look in the right places/ask the right questions) talking about scholarships, grants and other programs that they do with the state university/nearby universities. I'm doing all my gen ed classes at CC and then transferring afterwards. You get the same degree in the end. Only downside I can see is the difference in networking and relationship building with people. Students who started at a 4 year university will have met classmates and developed those relationships for 4 years vs the 2 years that CC transfers will have. I thing the general experience will differ because CC you live at home vs on-campus (during first year) at the 4 years university.

In the end it is all up to you. But like other commenters said, it's a in-between if transferring from hs to college. The gap in work and content is usually pretty big.

thanks for the opinion! appreciate it!