He has a BS in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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These include Indiana's Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which finished last year in 21st and 27th place, respectively.

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Other surprises included the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (9), the University of Portland (13), my undergrad safety school of Macalester (18), and Columbia University (61), which holds the well-deserved honor of rejecting me four straight times to their graduate school of journalism.

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