Hi I wanted to put this up: I was in a very very reputed AIEEE university in one of their fit for nothing dual degree programs. And trust me most assignments a

Hi I wanted to put this up: I was in a very very reputed AIEEE university in one of their fit for nothing dual degree programs. And trust me most assignments and project work comprise of plagiarized and glue code. It had more than 75 % compulsory attendance, after which grade drops happen. There are some good students...some really good students... who do well in really getting at the essence of programming.But everyone else is lost. You find disinterested people working on projects. And if you are in one dual degree program and work on other field's projects ( on our own ) you get letters from the dean and your department head reprimanding you to invest your time in your field. BTW, all these fields I am talking about are about simple and elegant software. Result : I quit. I am pursuing a B.Sc Degree in IT from SMU-DE. Yes it is not the same as from the above institution. But it lets me participate in community development better. It gives me time to participate in SPOJ, TopCoder, Directi's CodeChef.And it doesn't prevent me from participating in GSoC. It doesn't threaten me and stop me from attending NASA's Summer Internships. And most of all, I don't have to succumb to their policies. I find solace from learning through MIT OpenCourseWare, Stanford's Online Classes in AI, ML and DB. My github and other projects feed my resume. Yes, there is a unrest at home about where I am headed. But I know where I am and where I am headed. I was clear that this institution was not worth 1.5 lakh per annum from my parent's life savings. I quit, in my second year. But trust me. If you move out, you will have to face immense mental pressure from the family. And if you can work from your college, do so at all costs. Moving out will create new problems that you cannot predict now.