[red-iron-pine]

* entirely self driven, which is hard for a lot of necessary but often dry courses

* taught mostly via online videos; impossible to ask questions on the spot or explore concepts

* interaction with peers and professors is almost entirely forced or inorganic and often terrible

* limited networking options; no real community; hard to build bridges and get references when your professor is an automated test system (i.e. Canvas, et al)

* often limited screening; U Phoenix or WGU takes anyone, and now I have 100+ semi-literate applicants who somehow pulled a 3.3 via online schools blowing up my applications

* difficult to assess value proposition; you generally need to register to take part, while I can just drive to VA Tech or Dartmouth or even the Naval Academy and walk around and see (mostly) what it's like