People happen to judge you by where you went, where you didn't go, or at pretty much any whimsical idea they happen to come up with. You can't control that and

People happen to judge you by where you went, where you didn't go, or at pretty much any whimsical idea they happen to come up with. You can't control that and you shouldn't either because if you do then you're just playing somebody else's game and not your own. You're not here to fish for acceptance by pleasing people in random positions of prestige. If you feel inferior, the quest is to learn to ignore it and find your own worth yourself. Then nothing can make you feel like crap because you know better anyway. Nobody needs to feel like crap because he didn't go to institution X, Y, or Z. (And because of many other things as well.) You also don't need each and every possible advantage to yourself as if you couldn't make it otherwise. You just need enough and if you know enough to be able to help people, you'll surely get them.