Ask HN: How to succeed as a CS student from a bad, tier-3 Indian university?

The college has a 75% attendance rule, focuses on nothing but making us rote memorize concepts just so we can pass exams, and the teachers are really bad at whatever it is they seek to teach. They barely understand the subjects themselves.

I cannot drop-out as it is close to impossible to get a job without a degree here. Reportedly, thousands of people apply for single job postings. Being without a degree among those applicants will mean I’m shooting myself in the foot.

Constantly having to attend these poor-quality classes and memorizing for exams takes away a lot from the time I could've spent learning programming and other paradigms of CS. I feel helpless and hopeless in this system and don't see a way out.

I would like to hear advice from people who might have faced similar situations or work in the industry.

Also, thanks to the HN community. I have a learnt a lot from you people.