Supelec has rejected my complaint and refused to move me to the CS section in Paris. The reason is, I guess, that I have no reason to complain as I have been assigned to a computer-related section, and a computer is a computer. What makes me angry is that two people were moved to the CS section who had a lower ranking than mine in CS. I don't mean REAL CS ability but the 'OFFICIAL' rankings (the one which has little to do with CS and relates to linear filter design, etc). But then they had not been assigned to a computer-related section. In other words, if I had managed to insult a few examinators so as to get a few extremely bad marks, I would have been assigned to a section like high-energy power-transformers, would have been allowed to complain, and would have been sent to the CS section in Paris. What has always impressed me with this school is the way they take advantage of people's competences. I am therefore presented with two possibilities: leave the network for one year, or leave the school. I will most probably opt for the latter, unless of course I don't get any interesting job offer. The big problem I'll have to solve is that being french, I owe 1 year of my life to the army which I will have to 'pay' when I terminate my studies. Without diploma I won't be allowed to enter the "scientific" military service, and this means being paid $50/month (that is fifty, not a typo) to carry stones on your back, wash the floor and perform similarly enthralling tasks for the Nation. Eric