Originally Posted by
Vuk
Actually, I was referring to a state Uni. (I suspect that it is very different at a private Uni like Emory.) My sister studied first at a state Uni, then went in and got a degree at a technical college, and she told me that the classes there were a lot more accelerated, instead of the slow-paced ones at the Uni, and that they were a lot more serious and career oriented. From what my brothers (training in electric power engineering) and others have told me about technical colleges, they seem to be a lot more difficult than a regular state Uni, and you seem to learn a heck of a lot more. I am on my fifth year in a state Uni, and I have learned jackcrap. Maybe it is different at Emory, but to me, my Uni is just a big waste of time.
Let's put it like this, from my homeschooling I tested out of calculus and statistics, and had learned discreet mathematics, and studied game-theory. Literally, getting a math degree would have probably been a two year ordeal if I had wanted to go in for it. I have done NO math at all in the last four years that I have been here, and now would probably struggle in an advanced math course. I used to be reading a book every spare chance I could get, now I just drag myself through the boring BS I am forced to read and touch nothing else, because with classes and commute I have no time at all. My intellect has rotted since I have went to college. I thought that college was supposed to make you smarter and better educated! There are so many subjects that I used to know so much about, that I have forgotten so completely since college has pushed everything out. It has done very similar things to my physical health. Frankly, I think college is the worst thing that could have happened to me.