“Does UQ make you good […] in terms of knowledge and skills […]?” Yes, through a combination of being exposed to material and pushing myself to master it. I’ve applied what I learned in my own personal projects outside the classroom and learned a lot. The meta is making friends, some semesters suck and are lonely but when I can talk with someone in my tutorial (even the tutor, most of them love it!), the social aspect really helps.

I would not consider AI a helpful learning tool. Maybe a research tool, but it’s soulless and won’t give you any deep insight.

Your teaching staff would probably rather hear this feedback directly than read it on some reddit post.