<p>“Extensive research on the internet, information books, and through information sessions” does not make you an authority figure. You are not in college; you are in a high school that gives advance credit, and the word of someone actually associated with a specific school (or even in a four-year university) takes more credence over that of someone who has looked on the internet and in books. We have no problem with your trying to give out advice; what we have a problem with is that you give it out like you have any amount of authority on the subject. If you would make it clearer that you are not a Rice student (or a college student) in your posts, then we would not take issue with them.</p>