He was also accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but an uncle who had attended MIT dissuaded him from attending, telling him that it was not necessary to go all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a good education.
O único enxeñeiro que coñecía (que estudara no MIT) disuadiuno de asistir, dicíndolle que non era necesario ir a Cambridge, Massachusetts, para ter unha boa educación.