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Can I attend a trade school and community college at the same time?

I am currently finishing my first year at Sacramento City college. I plan on attending UEI (a trade school) here in Sacramento. They have a nine month program that will allow me to obtain an automotive degree. Ideally I would like to achieve my degree before I finish my two years at city college and eventually transfer to a four year.

A detail that may help to better answer this question is that my workload at city college is fairly minimal (even as a full time student. I was only required to attend class two days a week for a few hours. For this reason I feel it may be do-able to attend both schools simultaneously. However, I could have no idea what I’m talking about. Does anyone feel they have a more definite answer to my question? Or maybe some insight as to why it isn’t the best decision to attend both? Thank you!

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My question would be will the Trade school automotive degree benefit you in the long term? Are you doing this to help secure a job while you get your 4y degree? Will the trade school skills/degree still benefit you after you get a 4y degree?

If the answer is Yes to either, then you need to determine if you can handle the workload/cost of both schools for 9 months, If so, then you should go for it. It will require more planning since you need to arrange both schedules to avoid overlap.

If not, then don't do trade school and take more college classes instead. That should allow you to graduate faster and get you to your end goal quicker.
Thank you comment icon Thank you for the advice, Hassan. Lucas
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