>If the university is any good at teaching, it will pace the course in a way that at least ⅔ of the students will be able to follow the course. This is general

>If the university is any good at teaching, it will pace the course in a way that at least ⅔ of the students will be able to follow the course. This is generally true, but sometimes universities assign lecturers who are poor at teaching (e.g. just reading from the slides, or alternatively not putting effort into making the material more understandable). In these circumstances, a more independent approach to learning the subject can be quite helpful (e.g. focusing more on the textbook, and designing a specific learning strategy that's independent of lecture quality).