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Tell me, what's a poor sap like me who couldn't get into a good school to do if these conversations ultimately devolve into how hopeless it is if you don't get into a top institution?

It either matters enough that I'm screwed for life, or it doesn't really matter all that much in the grand scheme of things. Which is it?

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It's not hopeless. I went to a no name state school and have a tremendous life. An institution doesn't brand you. You make your own luck in this life.

That sort of seems contradictory to why people go to top schools though!

It definitely is. It's not what we're told growing up.

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