Don't think that you have to go to a top college to succeed. A degree from any state university or accredited college is all it takes really. I personally wasted too much time in high school preparing to get into a "good" college. Then I ended up going to an "ok" college and not finishing. If I had gone to a "bad" college I would most likely have finished in 4 years and my life would be totally different now. But for too many people name-branding means more than I think it should. They wouldn't be happy unless they graduated from a Harvard or Stanford.