 Would you consider an online education?
plinkplonk: "Would you consider an online education?No. I am an autodidact and learn mostly by working through books and papers and so on. So in that sense I "educate" myself "online", partly.  That said, if I ever decide to go back to college for that PhD I've been planning to do for a while now, I'd do so to work with the people who define the fields I am interested in. Even for my undergrad, I wouldn't do it online if I could. The people you meet and befriend are  a good part of an under grad education.