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<p>I’m afraid that I still have to side with the author. Zuck spent plenty of time outside of class programming. Hence, that highlights the lack of value and rigor that those classes - or at least any CS classes - that those classes entailed. If those classes required extensive workloads, then frankly, Zuck would not have had the time to start Facebook. He would have had to withdraw. </p>
<p>Presumably, college students are immersed within their studies and have little time to pursue other activities (and they should also not want to pursue other activities as they would be infatuated with whatever they are studying). We know this is far from the truth. With the exception of highly technical majors such as engineering, most college courses of study require relatively little work to just pass, leaving students with ample time to pursue other activities, such as starting their own companies. {Note, you may have to work hard to get top grades, but if you’re satisfied with merely passing, you will be left with ample amounts of leisure time.} The hardest part of Harvard or most other top schools is simply getting admitted; once you’re in, you can graduate with relatively little effort.</p>