persona and attitude >>>>> than degree level. I'm close to completing my PhD. Does that mean I should dump my lawyer gf? I went to higher ranked schools than she has too. Some of the smartest people I know have no degree and have just as much drive as anyone I know. They are just living their life differently. Don't fall for the white man's means of seperating us and trying to neatly place us into social classes for their convenience. Date the person, not the paper.