It is delightful how college can push us to explore things we might not ever do left to our own. Despite customizing my major's concentration, I still got a lot of exposure to classes and topics outside my comfort zone. It helped me with a couple crucial pivots and layed the foundation for changing my worldview.

Thanks to all the great professors, TAs, and even uni admins who make the system work (at least when it does work).

Man, if it weren't for college and pushing outside my major, I wouldn't be nearly as competent in Japanese, and I might not have learned what an arrant douchebag Norman Mailer was, which I did from a professor who loved Mailer! But I have Professor Leeds to thank for teaching me enough about him that I could form my own opinion.