Ask HN: What should I do if I’ve been rejected by top schools?

It seems that there’s a consensus that people who get into top schools are just as successful as the ones that both get in and go.

I didn’t get into any top schools - is there still a place for me in tech? It doesn’t seem like there are many people like me - people that went to low-ranked land grant state schools because they were rejected from good schools and still became successful. It seems most that did got into top schools and chose not to go.