Welcome to life. Who has more money, better cars, fancier job title, house in a better neighborhood, more academic publications and h index, more attractive par

Welcome to life. Who has more money, better cars, fancier job title, house in a better neighborhood, more academic publications and h index, more attractive partner, more impressive bookshelf, bigger muscles, better vacations etc. Yes people care about such things well after high school. But many won't admit it. Admitting caring about status is itself low status.