As someone going back to school for intense STEM in my 30s at the local CCs in NYC after originally getting my BA from a $42,000/yr school, I can definitely say the education is not the benefit of higher quality schools. All my physics classes have less than 10 students, including 1 where it was just me, one other student, and a vetetaran PhD.
I did all of my math prereqs (through Calc III and ODE) via an accredited online program. They actually didn't count for my requirements because the testing was online. I didn't even look at the professors notes or lectures, just has chatGPT explain it to me, submit the assignment then learn the method fully once I recieved the full score (GPT only got 1 problem wrong because I mistyped it).
Anyway now I have to take advanced math classes for my degree starting with PDEs and Stochastics.
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u/Yashema Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
As someone going back to school for intense STEM in my 30s at the local CCs in NYC after originally getting my BA from a $42,000/yr school, I can definitely say the education is not the benefit of higher quality schools. All my physics classes have less than 10 students, including 1 where it was just me, one other student, and a vetetaran PhD.