After studying many dimensions of Philosophy, the spheres of cosmology and metaphysics most interest me. I am also a Mathematics major, so I can't help but be drawn to the use of the language. Math is a meta-language itself, so the two fields complement each other cognitively. It is important to note that math itself is not a source of truth but rather a language to maybe better understand it. The only expectation I brought to the pursuit of the degree was that the professors would share the same love for the subject.
Philosophy is more than just a lecture, which for the most part is history.
To really study philosophy you have to allow the topic of the particular philosopher to be a part of your life. Another analogy for this would be taking a theater class that is all lectures and never acting out the specific parts. Philosophy is the masterpiece of life that is still on-going, and you are the main actor or actress. Without extensively researching this question, I can only speculate or hypothesize. The college experience is seen to be many things for different people, but it is becoming less and less a source for expanding one's perspectives.