perhaps try an experiment...in off time from university - think of something you think is really cool, that you cant do, that you really want to learn. Then s

perhaps try an experiment...in off time from university - think of something you think is really cool, that you cant do, that you really want to learn. Then start learning it through curiousity. Start with videos, find some books, intuit some of it, see how low you can go with understanding from basic principles. to give an example from my own experience...if you were to learn electronics at university or even school VS learning yourself...how low would the standard corpus go?? would students sit and play with magnets, build electro magnets, build a levitating system, wind their own coils and inductors? make an electrolytic capacitor with salt and metal plates? make a loud speaker from scratch (that barely works? but gives you a huge AHA moment??) i think university in general is just not run to allow the free spirit of roaming and play based learning to happen....of course you feel like you're not learning, you're quite literally just jumping through hoops to get a certificate...imo. the gist of what im trying to get at - and particularly why i started this comment, is dont fool yourself into thinking you "get the basics". I have been an audio nerd for 30 years, and i just watched a video the other day which showed how to make a loudspeaker with a piece of paper and some foil and magnets....only then did i REALLY get what was going on. Same with maths...can you calculate in your head? all manners of things?? your basics probably suck - get better at them.