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well, now you're getting down to the idea of why go to college in the first place. you can argue that unless you're going for science or law, college is entirely useless. you can teach yourself to write, you can teach yourself to paint, you can teach yourself to write for a newspaper, you can certainly teach yourself to make photos.
but you don't go to college because you can't teach yourself. if anything, learning on your own is the entry requirement for college. you're expected to bridge the gap between a professor's sparse, cryptic comments and his or her expectations with your own erudition. college, at its most basic, is a deep pool of resources that would otherwise be out of reach. it's the professors (good photo schools typically have famous, pro photographers teaching the higher level courses), it's the battery of books in the library at your discretion, it's the peer interaction, it's the connections you make while a student with, say, gallery owners (or publishers or whoever the hell), it's equipment you can borrow. most of all, though, it's having someone else push you. college is having someone else make you write 40-page essays in two weeks, or having someone make you take 2000 photos a week, develop them on your own, then print them. that sort of environment would help even the most naturally gifted photographer.
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