[whatshisface]

>there should be 4 semesters a year, not 2, people should graduate in 2 years, not 4+

Could you provide some more details about the community college curriculum you are talking about? To my knowledge, the local community colleges offer what is essentially the first two years of a university education, with a reduced emphasis on your actual major.

>each day forward is increasingly difficult to stomach since I realized I can learn all of what is being taught to me faster on my own.

This means that you are not taking advantage of the resources available to you. Typically, the advice to people with energy left over after classes is that they should contact the labs at their institution and become miniature grad students. You also should try to register for graduate level courses, talking to whoever is in charge at your institution if necessary. Universities offer many avenues for gifted students that want to do more work than everybody else, and I would say that fact is the main thing that separates them from community colleges.

[two2two]

You're correct -- community college courses were "core" or "foundation" prior to the major. What I was attempting to suggest is 16-week semesters are too long (CC and Uni) and feel unnecessarily long for most subjects.

[cortesoft]

Most of the UCs in California (i think all except UC Berkeley) are on the quarter system (10 week quarters) 3 during the normal school year, and then an optional summer quarter.