True indeed. I know someone who is very smart in the engineering department, who did not have the finances for studies but will be able to pass with a distinction if given the chance to do the exam. Now that same person, with all his knowledge in that specific area (gained from hands-on experience) is unable to get a job because he does not have the qualification showing it. I understand that rules are rules, but circumstances are also circumstances. Not everybody had the privilege of money but that doesn't make them less smart because they don't have the paper to show it. Or even, if the person is unable to read and write, for example, it doesn't make him/her less smart if he/she is not word smart but rather picture smart.