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com·mu·ni·ty col·lege: "U.S. higher education institution offering 2-year programs leading to associate’s degrees, certificates and transfer to 4-year universities in a wide range of academic and technical fields." 2 years at OCC + 2 years at a university = 4-year bachelor’s degree

Hani Hani Mufeed Al-Farais [Yemen] Transferred to Cal Poly Pomona Major: Industrial Engineering

Hani was selected to be the student speaker at the 2015 Graduation International Students Commencement. LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE STORY FEATURED IN THE ORANGE COAST REGISTRY the OC's largest newspaper.

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LOCATION: Costa Mesa, California ESTABLISHED: 1947 TOTAL ENROLLMENT: 24,000 TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: 1,286 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED: 76 NUMBER OF PROGRAMS: 135+ NUMBER OF BUILDINGS: 80 Distinctions: Welcome to ! #1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ORANGE COUNTY and #3 IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA for the number of transfers Orange Coast College is located in the city of Costa Mesa, nearby Natan to UC and Cal State combined. the coastline of Orange County one of the safest and m ost desirable com m unities in . NAMED TOP COMMUNITY COLLEGES in Natan Nogueira [BRAZIL] Southern California (edsmart.org) OCC is m inutes from som e of Southern California m ost popular beaches such as Newport, Huntington, and Laguna Beach and Major: Business Administration COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE US for Disneyland Resort. return on investment (valuecolleges.com) Accepted to and earned scholarships The city of Costa Mesa is a vibrant and diverse com m unity hom e to the to Florida International University Orange County Fairgrounds, the , Segerstrom Center for the Arts and the #2 HOST COMMUNITY COLLEGE for largest luxury m all in the west coast, Plaza. and the University of Hawai‘i at international student enrollment in Mānoa, Fall 2018. Southern California (IIE Open, Doors 2017) MyOCC Experience #1 IN ORANGE COUNTY AND #3 IN CALIFORNIA

LEADER IN TRANSFER FOR TRANSFER TO UC AND CAL STATE COMBINED

OCC INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TRANSFERRED TO NEARLY 200 UNIVERSITIES FROM 2015-2017!!! TRANSFER PROGRAMS

DOWNLOAD THE INTERNATIONAL UC TAG- University of California Transfer Admissions Guarantee STUDENT PROFILE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF WHERE CAL STATE ADT- California State University Associate’s degree for transfer OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRANSFERRED TO UCLA TAP- Transfer Alliance Program ASSIST.ORG- complete database of transfer credit articulation and transfer requirements for all majors to UC and CSU)

...AND MUCH MORE! Jimmy Jimmy Lin [TAIWAN] Transferred to UCLA , Fall 2016, also accepted to UC Berkeley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaig n, University of Wisconsin - Madison Alvin Alvin Kim Transferring to Berkeley [SOUTH KOREA] Transferred to UC Berkeley, Fall 2016, also accepted Yusuke to UCLA, Bentley University, Boston University, Yusuke Odai George Washington University, Loyola Chicago [JAPAN] Meiji Gakuin High School, Japan-> NIC English Language School, Japan -> Orange Coast Colleg Fall 2015 – Spring 2017 -> UC Berkeley Fall 2017

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Gabriele Simonti Being a Student Athlete [ITALY]

Gabriele Simonti is a Psychology major and He also stresses the importance of excelling competes for OCC men’s water polo. As an academically and OCC make things very easier for international student athlete, who must attend athletes. school full time, he finds OCC athletics to be supportive from the very beginning. “People think it’s hard to be both a full-time student and an athlete but you just have to be organized. “When one of my friends recommended me OCC, I Lots of times, professors are ve