Sounds like you’re very smart and self motivated, and you’re good at figuring things out without any help. As a teacher, this describes about 1% of my students.

Sounds like you’re very smart and self motivated, and you’re good at figuring things out without any help. As a teacher, this describes about 1% of my students. Your post here really isn’t an indictment of higher learning institutions, so much as it reveals you aren’t the target audience for master’s programs. That it’s not for you personally doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for others.