MF PE recruiting - question about background

So I’m interviewing at NYC MF that strictly recruits H/RS/GSB-HFII. I was a Harvard undergraduate (valedictorian) and Rhodes Scholar but I was only an Arjay Miller Scholar (top 5% of graduating class) and graduated second in my class, narrowly missing out on the Henry Ford II Scholar. My question is, should I just end it all?

*Harvard undergraduate, Rhodes Scholar, Stanford GSB Henry Ford II Scholar

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