Likely you don&#x27;t care because you have no intention of pursuing mathematics in a research capacity at any point. However part of the experience for those who care more about math than an easy &quot;A&quot; is ensuring you have access to amazing role models early on. People who take an interest in you, and spend some of their incredibly valuable time shepherding you through a unique, beautiful field.<p>Where is your sense of wonder, or your desire to know these exceptional people while observing how they think? How myopic. If you&#x27;re at Berkeley, you&#x27;re wasting your time being bitter and hopefully you&#x27;ll transfer. That isn&#x27;t a personal criticism, so much as recognizing that a top research university isn&#x27;t for everyone, and the unique resources and access it provides should be given great weight or you shouldn&#x27;t be using them.<p>Professor Ogus cared, as did almost all of my professors. I was amazed I could take classes and spend time with people who are shaping our understanding of mathematics. It&#x27;s the same shock you have when you go to the SFMoMA and realize that some of the greatest post-Impressionist works in the world are sitting entirely unprotected in front of you. It impacted me, it impacted the way I think, and I will always value what they did for me. An adjunct simply can&#x27;t provide that experience, and if you&#x27;re just looking to pass Math 1A go to a community college for those credits. If you want to make a mark and know some of the brightest minds of our age, go to Berkeley.