I agree with you on information retention. I honestly can't remember much of what I "learned" sitting in a classroom, but when I actually study on my own it seems like I get a lot more out of it.
I was just having a discussion with my family about this. They seemed to think that testing out of a degree was pretty shady and that I wasn't learning anything. All I had to do was bust out a few facts from my various tests and that shut them right up.
It felt really really good by the way
