I'll try to simplify that. A good school should have: mentors, peers, information, infrastructure. Mentors - Intelligent people who guide you. Peers - Friends

I'll try to simplify that. A good school should have: mentors, peers, information, infrastructure. Mentors - Intelligent people who guide you. Peers - Friends and community to fulfill all kinds of human needs. Information - The data that you must put into your head and the process designed to get it there. Infrastructure - Equipment, tools, software, etc. Things you wouldn't have easy access to on your own. I didn't get much one on one time with lecturers, and I'm an ambitious fool. I approached many, but I always felt like they were waiting for me to leave. I wasn't allowed to do anything in the labs except rush through some simple prewritten task. My peer group was great, and I do think that is one benefit of schools like this. They attract plenty of intelligent innocent young-ens and put them all in one place. I would love to be a part of an online education community, I've actually just gotten really excited about that. Ideas brewing!