<p>The only time I get annoyed with “prestige whores” is when they equate whether or not they get accepted with their self worth.</p>
<p>Just so everyone knows, undergraduate prestige hardly matters compared to graduate school prestige.</p>
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Only a 100k a year?</p>
<p>Despite that I would say that you are correct in saying that hard work is, ultimately, what matters.</p>