I went to a state school.

I then went on to work for multiple firms that placed a premium on candidates from Ivy League/Top Tier (Stanford/Duke etc) candidates.

This taught me that:

- Their are pros and cons to any selection criteria.

- There are smart people everywhere. One of the smartest people I ever worked for spent several years in prison for drug dealing. He was on par with many of the Managing Directors I've worked for

- There was a study where they asked big bank recruiters which school consistently produced people who were excellent employees 2-3 years out from hiring and the answer was Penn State (not my alma mater)

- There used to be "manager's choice" hires where managers had 1 slot in a training program where they could select whoever they wanted. Sometimes that was terrible. Sometimes that person was top of their training program.

- Smart people are just as capable as creating problems as less intelligent people. Smart people, in some ways, are better at creating problems. Especially if the incentives reward them for creating those problems.