It's undeniable that people are all superficial. We are attracted to good-looking person and inclined to interact with similar age people.

Sometimes a badge or a piece of certificate is enough for people to judge a person. Even the rumors of the children of politicians or wealthy family are 100% to enter into Ivy league schools, for example, the notorious Hollywood scandal of Stanford, we are still 'blinded' by the shining prestigious names and lose a chance to hire a passionate and potential candidate with inferior background graduate from a community college.