Ask HN: Would you be open to Self Study college?

Everyone I know says only benefit they get out of college is discipline, friends across a wide spectrum and human experiences which make them grow as a person.

But $100000 is pretty huge amount for this considering most of the education material is in open spaces now. Internet is a huge depository of knowledge and MIT has most of its course in available online.

Would it be feasible to have self organizing groups who commit to self study for say four years and stay on a campus?

PS: I understand major fallacy would be access to research labs. But as a thought experiment, I am curious to know HN view on this