> The prestige racket is real but it's not everything, it just wants you to think it is. Hope you can get away from the grueling college app process and let the wind blow those clouds off your sunrise a little. There's gonna come a day when you look over at your work colleague or close personal friend and realize you don't know where they went to school and you don't care enough to ask.

I've just finished, thanks. The more I think about it, the more I feel like you're right. All of this worrying about College applications and "presitgious" universities seems like a ploy to make kids more stressed. Ultimately, I'm simply happy at getting in, so worrying about the 5% edge case where the degree matters is pretty futile.