College: helpful vs. hurtful

When you enter the 9th grade (or whenever High School starts at your school) you are told that the grades you get and the hard work you put in for the next four years until you graduate will help in getting you into a good college or university with possible scholarships and grants available for you. By the time you get to your Senior year or maybe even sooner you realize that there are numbers of different community colleges that are cheaper and contain the same options for degrees as a starter course for four year colleges. So now you start all over, all the work you did in High School payed off to get you into community college but now you have to work your butt off in college to get to another one. While this is a great idea for someone who doesn't quite know what they want to do with there life it can be overwhelming for someone who knows.