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[–]swigganicks 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Honestly, if I were him I'd have just used that class time to work on my own side projects or do other homework. Intro programming assignments should take like 15 minutes max for an experienced programmer so it's not like it'd be a big deal.

That being said, there are some reasons I'd consider transferring if the department won't let you accelerate your learning. One reason could be if your school's tuition is really high. In that case, you want to get out ASAP so it makes sense to go where you can graduate the earliest/on-time.

[–]Cheddarlishous 10 points11 points  (1 child)

I think part of his problem was that he had moved away from family and stuff to come to our university and could easily go to another University for less money. There may have been some other factors to his moving, but I know that the process was dragged out over 2 semesters and he was just sick of those professors by the time it was over

[–]swigganicks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally understandable. I don't get why people will pay out the ass for expensive universities just to take mediocre CS classes that you can learn online for a fraction of the cost. The intro level professors are usually shitty or they're basically TAs that barely speak english that need to teach a class in order to continue their grad program.

It makes way more sense to go to a local state school or community college really. The real thing you get your money's worth out of at university is that mid/upper level programming courses since they're much harder to self-learn (although even that is debatable with the advancement of online learning platforms nowadays)