[markus_zhang]

I have similar experience.

A year ago I decided to enroll in a local university for CS. The reason was that I figured that I was interested in CS, but not disciplined enough to go through the whole program.

After a year I have to say I was gravely disappointed, for the following reasons:

1. Some bad professors really ruined the experience:

There are two who give lectures so badly that students made a few petitions to remove them in the recent years, to no avail. I took two courses with them and made through with good marks, then I found out that both Operating Systems and Database Internals are going to be taught by the same two professors so I dropped the program.

2. I accept my incompetence to go through the whole program:

I realized it would be a lot cheaper just to go with Open Courses from high ranking CS programs (MIT/Berkeley/Melon) and good textbooks and projects instead of attending some schools. If I can't go through I'll seek help from outside (e.g. attending a study group) or just drop what I'm not really interested in.