OMSCS requires ten courses to graduate. I completed one course (with an A grade) before realizing that, even at a pace of one course per semester, it was not a

OMSCS requires ten courses to graduate. I completed one course (with an A grade) before realizing that, even at a pace of one course per semester, it was not a high enough priority for me to devote the time required to do each course well. That course was great, though, and I definitely learned some things I'm glad to have learned! IMO the instructional materials are a small part of the value. The things that stood out to me were: - the assignments - the autograding of programming assignments - giving and receiving peer feedback about written assignments - learning some LaTeX for those assignments - having an artificial reason (course grade) to persist in improving my algorithm and code [on the problems taught in that course, I wouldn't have been self-motivated enough if they were just things I came across during a random weekend]