<p>Perhaps this is a regional thing, but the adults that I know in our “circle of trust” who are <em>successful</em> (meaning worked themselves into positions of power/wealth/what-have-you- not inherited wealth) have MOSTLY attended public state universities. That goes for our attorney, our doctors, several VPs of Fortune 500 companies, and many small business owners. Actually, I can’t think of anyone off the top of my head that I know of who went to a prestigious private, but that doesn’t mean someone didn’t. The point is, attending your “lowly public” as you put it should not keep you from achieving whatever you set your mind to do. </p>
<p>Depending on where you’re from, maybe you could do a test…do you know of many people in your community that are “movers and shakers”? Maybe you can use the internet to do a little research on the big wigs at your local corps, businesses, govt., etc. See if you can find their bios…I think you might be pleasantly surprised at what you find. Obviously there are areas/industries which will be the exception to this.</p>