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I also have trouble accepting statements about college from someone who attended one for less than a year. I don't think there is a set-in-stone college experie

I also have trouble accepting statements about college from someone who attended one for less than a year. I don't think there is a set-in-stone college experience, and it seems from his article that his experience differed sharply from mine. (The differences between good and bad colleges are, of course, usually missing from these sorts of discussions...I have difficulty taking seriously anyone who can critique or discuss "college" as if it were one monolithic program.)

flomincucci 15y ago
+1 to that. College is not to teach you "how to be successful" or "become a better coder". In this case, it's about giving you the tools to learn to think. (...I think this doesn't apply for med school, though)
- xcallemjudasx 15y ago
  There's also the huge network of people you meet that help you later in your career. I've lost track of the number of people I know who have been given job offers from old friends/fraternity brothers/faculty they kept in touch with. I have my current job because of an alumni from my school. There's a lot more to the college experience than just the diploma.