Regrets, I've had a few...

[pefxr]

So yeah. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone does things that in the light of hindsight they later regret. I am no exception to this. In fact, if anything I've spent more time regretting poor choices recently than the average person

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[fiatlouis]

I appreciate your honesty and forthrightness in writing this down for all to see. I think too often we don't bring up these difficult subjects, and I am always interested to see what people are thinking. It sounds like you are pretty happy with where you are know, which I am glad to hear. And as for the university thing, I have talked to a lot of people who were disappointed about academics seeming to not be the first priority, not matter what school they went to. A friend went to USC for an honors program, and ended up leaving after one year and going to the Coast Guard Academy, because she wanted more structure and value for academics (sadly, even the Coast Guard Academy didn't quite live up to her expectations). It sounds like your current schooling may fit the bill better than many.

[pefxr]

I don't want to discount UCSC, I know many people enjoyed their time there and felt that they got a satisfying education just not me.
I started to feel frustrated in my junior year when I couldn't find any classes in my major that were about what I wanted to learn about! I wanted to study Dead White Europeans and the pictures they left behind. However all the upper division classes were about sticks being rubbed together with mud, and held up on the same level as the Sistine Chapel.
I went to UW Madison (my financees undergrad alma mater) and I visited Matt C. a few times at Indiana and the feeling of academia was palpable. It turns out I like stone buildings with Latin mottos above the doors.
I've heard USC is a little sketchy for undergraduate academically. Its the University of Southern California, its all about who you know here, not what you know!

[1hoser]

Dude, you should have studied philosophy - we're up to our bollocks in dead white guys!

[pefxr]

Well, I -thought- art history was chock full of dead white guys!

[fiatlouis]

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification. And yes, that may be a SoCal thing.