<p>Schools are very limiting in the education they provide, and elitism only constricts it further. I opted out of Ivy League schools, in spite of scores, because I didn’t want to spend for years around a bunch of boring, high strung, egocentric jerks. Odd how this conversation has seemed to ignore UIUC and the University of Chicago, two public universities whose schools often rank in the top three in the county (engineering, computer science, business, agriculture, etc.). The east coast, historically speaking, is the group that didn’t have the balls or open mind to adventure westward to learn and grow by way of experience. They think you gain knowledge from reading someone else’s thoughts. Dumb. I find the east coast to be highly out of touch, arrogant over irrelevant matters, and generally ignorant, even though they feel intellectually superior. In short, jerks. No wonder the bulk of the hatred in this country occurs out east.</p>
<p>Edited out profanity. - FC</p>