after reading the comments I found another thing that is unexpected but related, he has been trying to write a program beating Tetris since high school, from in

after reading the comments I found another thing that is unexpected but related, he has been trying to write a program beating Tetris since high school, from initial python to AI. He was competitive on math(ranked in top 30 nationally at HMMT at 9th grade), so his missing out tier1 school(e.g. MIT) disappointed me a bit, but it's what it is. On the other hand I had a MIT PhD colleague who graduated 11 years ago and is a senior software engineer just like the rest of other colleges' graduates. I guess school does not define everything(no offense).