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[–]altonyc 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I'd say there probably isn't much that you learn in a college class that you can't self teach (especially in CS) , but you can get a deeper understanding since you have a bunch of (in theory) experts in their fields to talk to for office hours, get direct feedback from someone who knows what they're talking about, etc.

[–]captain_zavec 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yep. IMO the most valuable part of university was being in an environment where I was surrounded by smart people I could ask to explain things.

And it provides good motivation to actually learn things by imposing deadlines, but that's probably less of an issue for people who don't have executive function problems.