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Your post was perhaps one of the strangest pieces of message I have ever received. Although it is commendable to attend a ``top league school'', in fact, it is a very bad idea. Unlike most of human society, science and engineering are based on the idea that each of us is capable of evaluating evidence and thinking on our own. Each of us can do experiments, work out the reasoning, and determine the truth for ourselves at any fine learning establishment. There is no room in science or engineering for ``a holy school'' representing group approval over individual thought. One of my heros, Galileo, put it very well:
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
I am pleased to discuss with people about matters of science or engineering, so we may certainly learn. I hope to learn as much from your experiences as you may learn for me. But please get rid of the ``cult of personality'' way of thinking. It is unscientific and ultimately destructive.