I grew up with people that went on to get advanced degrees from Ivies. One had not a shred of common sense, another wasn’t particularly brainy or bookish, (not sure how they wound up where they did). Both raced to get the jab the first moment they could. There are different types of intelligence. You don’t need a college degree to be the smartest person in any room. Hell, Nikola Tesla didn’t even have a college degree! The next time your family talks down to you for not having a degree, ask them to explain how much they appreciate alternating current, given that it was invented by a man with no degree. Or better yet, steer clear of your knuckle-dragging family members.