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by chambo622 3901 days ago
>> Kind of begs the question of whether one could recreate the social aspect of universities and leave out the expense of formal classes as they are now? For instance, whether you could make a sort of hackerspace-modelled university where all the "classes" were projects that one student was looking for help with? I'd attend that.

Sounds kind of like Make School [1]. Will be interesting to see the outcomes for their first real 'class' of students.

[1] https://www.makeschool.com/
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ju-st 3901 days ago
In my "university of applied sciences" in Germany most of the formal classes are in semester 1-3. After that (and in Master) >70% of the classes are actually "projects" which you have to do with a group of your fellow students. E.g. search a real company and code a piece of useful software for them; consulting for a virtual company (try to convince the professor that your "solution" can save the company); doing "Data Science consulting" (bi weekly presentations) for a virtual NYC taxi cab company.
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rebekah-aimee 3901 days ago
I was referring to YC, but I'm glad to see there are others following this model. I'll have to keep an eye on Make School; thanks for the link!
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julien421 3901 days ago
Make School is a great school. I have talked to students, they love it. Also a YC company :)

FYI also sounds like Holberton School[1] - 100% project-based.

[1] https://www.holbertonschool.com

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