<p>Started college last year, at the age of 20. Did not go straight after high school even though I was accepted to a university. I did not give a **** about school or college, was not interested in learning. Now I am, and almost finished with my second semester and doing mostly my sophomore level classes first. Planning on doing freshman level class second year, i realized college is bull**** and I hate it even more than high school.</p>
<p>I am not an idiot and am actually very intelligent. Last semester I took 18 units and got a 3.83 GPA (got a B in philosophy due to prof being a creationist, did not go to class second half of the semester, he took off points due to not going to class. His lectures were bull**** and so were his tests, extremely predictable creationist bull****, srs). Probably my hardest classes were Physics 1 and Calc 2(took ap calc in high school), which were pretty easy.</p>
<p>Right now I'm in Calc 3, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, and Physics 2 and I am doing very well (plus some other classes). The thing is, that college pace is sooooo slow. The only class that is a semi-challenge is physics 2, due to problems taking a while to solve because they require some intuition to set up the problems. I hate the fact that the semesters take 4 months. I could seriously learn everything that they're teaching me on my own within like a month (srs). I just don't do it because it would be a waste since I'm going to have to learn it no matter what and going ahead won't be useful.</p>
<p>Are there any options for people who want to learn math and sciences completely on their own and be successful? I can honestly say I can teach my self very high levels of math and sciences on my own, probably 4 years worth of college time, in about 6 months. This is due to the sheer amount of resources available on the internet. I don't do it because it will be a waste, I won't be able to do anything. If I learn quantum mechanics, advanced calculus, number theory, etc or w/e all on my own, what will be the point if I don't have my piece of paper with a golden sticker that was awarded by an accredited university? I hate being tied down like this. Going to a community college right now btw, save money.</p>