Go to a community college. You’ll get over it. Here’s a real-life story of someone I am very impressed with, and it might even be relevant to your career. I am a journalist. A young freelance writer whom I’ve hired from time to time is from Texas. I’ve seen her resume. She’s from a low-income background and is a URM. She started at a community college, then transferred to UT Austin. Then she got a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. She’s doing very well for herself. I recently saw her byline in the Washington Post.