Comment by matthewdgreen

I’m sorry to hear you say this. Clearly you didn’t experience the difference it makes to have truly phenomenal teachers, particularly in advanced topics. The excellent CS professors I had as an undergrad are entirely responsible for my success, not the administration or the dorms. I do agree with you that for many applications of academia (getting a good office job using a credential) the “product” itself can be watered down into something mediocre.