<i>Doing a 2-year stint at a community college is just about one of the most sane things a person can do.</i><p>Really?  I know how introductory courses are taught at the local community college, and there&#x27;s the MIT&#x2F;Berkeley&#x2F;whatnot lectures online.  It&#x27;s a difference between day and night!  Of course you can watch the Youtube lecture instead of the tripe they feed you at the c.c. but you do miss out on interaction with fellow students and professors.  This means missing out on a lot.