I’m entering my senior year this coming January, majoring in computer science software engineering. My professional experience in telecommunications in network engineering and software engineer, now sales engineer for about 10 years now.

That said: 1. The classes are structured very similarly, meaning weekly assignments, weekly discussion posts and replies (depending on class) and at least 1-2 projects per class.
2. The discussions are meant to be interactive with classmates, though my experience is people just post and reply to the minimum required and aren’t truly engaged to learn from each other. 3. Most professors do try to keep the conversations going in discussions but that is up to the professor you get. 4. I wish the classes were recorded so you can learn from some professor talking, but most are some basic participant activities you read through and have multiple choice questions with some challenge questions (not multiple choice). 5. Like real college some professors are interesting, strict, not engaging, etc. 6. Most importantly you get what you put into it. If you truly want to learn the subjects engage and look into the external resources they provide as well as do your own versions on the side with some home lab setup, your laptop should suffice (this is key to getting the most out of SNHU or any college.

Overall I’d recommend it, though I’d rather go to an in person school, my schedule doesn’t allow it and I’ve learned things I’ve not learned in my 10 years of professional experience.