And that right there is why I haven't been to any non-required classes in quite a while. I really don't want to advocate my ways but it works pretty well for m

And that right there is why I haven't been to any non-required classes in quite a while. I really don't want to advocate my ways but it works pretty well for me: I don't go to class. All of my classes have notes online, I just attend the review sessions before exams. If you're interested in the topics covered you already know the basics, and if you're good at it (strong correlation to interest) you should be able to teach yourself the lessons via Wikipedia and the notes. The reason I don't advocate this is because it's a pretty good way to get low B's, but makes A's very difficult. I feel that one of two things make this ok: 1) you're going straight into a startup out of college, where GPA doesn't matter 2) you already had a big-name internship, and potential employers won't even care about GPA (except Google, but that's a whole other debate) I've found the second to be true from personal experience. It's a very dangerous path, but the free time payoff is huge. I guess there is a huge advantage to finishing your general education requirements early...