By Ajuni Kaur
Courier Staff Reporter
Cañada College is a Community college located in San Mateo County, California. It is near Redwood City, just off highway 280. It is also 20.5 miles away from James Logan High School and is close to Stanford and Palo Alto.
Cañada College is very liberal with their admission offer a spot to its potential students with or without high school diploma. Students are required to take assessments in order to determine their English and Math level for college.
However, students can be exempted from taking the test if you have taken and passed the Advanced Placement assessments test for Mathematics and English. Students can also take the test in another California community college with in the last two years and passed it.
Similar to Ohlone and Chabot Community college, the fees is 46 dollars per unit. Besides this, all students are required to enroll in Health Services that is $16 in Summer and $19 for Fall and Spring. They also have Parking fees which is 2 dollars a day or can vary according to the seasonal semesters that you enroll in. For more Fee Type category click here.
Canada College offers Financial Aid that students can take advantage of by filing the FAFSA. Students can qualify for reduced tuition by documents such as Parent income verification, Student Income Verification, California Dream Act, etc. Click here for more Financial Aid Information.
They offer many associate’s degree. Their transfer rate out to a four year university is 20%.
For students who are seeking to transfer from Canada to a four year should complete the a certain number of units for specific programs. Similar to any other Community College, Canada College offers TAGs Programs. The UC’s in this TAG program include UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara.
One can also take online classes which takes place completely online with no personal meetings. Another class is the Hybrid Class which is at least 51% online. Other types of online courses that Canada College offers is Web- Assisted classes and Web-enhanced classes.
If you are a junior, you can also attend classes there to further your interests in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through the STEM center.
If you are a Senior or a Junior that might be interested in learning more about this Community College, please visit the career center to sign up for the presentation.
