keep ya head up & high. thinking slow and straight is key at this time.

expand ya thinking - your options are not exclusionary i.e XOR but AND and don't define yourself in terms of your current state.

hell the friends you envy - if a nuke fell tomorrow - would they still have jobs ? if they're laid off would they still have jobs ?

go out there create IP / something outlasting - i.e a company or product

and frankly no one cares if you went to MIT or some no state school - you can either wait and be left behind

or determine your own destiny - choice is yours.