> Only thing I can think of was that ours was the last class to be the last to be run through that specific program, but that's the only thing particularly unique about it AFAIK.
Could be that it was worse because of that. Your experience sounds unusual, but bad college/program + bad luck is statistically going to happen sometimes somewhere. I.e. I know plenty of people that were truly unhappy with their programs and switched or dropped out. (To be clear, not to be interpreted as a fault of those people, it just doesn't work out for everyone, even in generally good places). I don't have particular difficulty imagining a college I couldn't stand at all either.
Could be that it was worse because of that. Your experience sounds unusual, but bad college/program + bad luck is statistically going to happen sometimes somewhere. I.e. I know plenty of people that were truly unhappy with their programs and switched or dropped out. (To be clear, not to be interpreted as a fault of those people, it just doesn't work out for everyone, even in generally good places). I don't have particular difficulty imagining a college I couldn't stand at all either.