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Perhaps you did not mean to sound so arrogant as you actually did. You must be pretty well funded to study on three different continents at your whim. But you are essentially the SAME as everybody else. Most people (at CSU Long Beach and other places and in other majors) go to college to better themselves and their lives as well as to study something that interests them. The awesomeness of the schools you chose will not necessarily rub off on you. Conversely, as you mentioned, your father’s friend who started out in a “terrible” university achieved his lofty goals because he is an amazing person. Best school does not equal best person.</p>