I've been searching through a bunch of these forums and researching on the internet. I live in Southern California and the ones I saw mentioned the best are Orange Coast, East LA, Pasadena, and Mount San Antonio. (The closest ones are OCC and Mount San Antonio, the others are too far) I am planning to transfer in-state and out-of-state and get a B.Arch. Especially Syracuse, the UCs, Cal Polys, USC, Woodbury, Auburn, IIT, and then some. 

I'm stuck between OCC and Mount San Antonio. Mount San Antonio offers a structure course and more articulation agreements, but OCC is closer and a lot of people recommend it. (It seems to have a good curriculum/resources and good for transfer)

I got a lot of questions. But, most importantly, what should I look for in an arch course for transfer? Is it really better to take GE classes than Arch classes for transfer? How can a good community college course help me build my understanding and portfolio? How can I research and compare colleges myself? There are so many more questions but I forgot them lol

Thank you!