<p>Well, doglover, my father was a hs dropout who joined the military, got his GED, and wound up joining that “mega-rich” (if by mega-rich you mean seven-figure income level for many years). He’s not academically smart, but he has incredible people skills, sales skills (could sell ice to Eskimos) and has an incredible eye for design which is relevant in his given field. There are all different ways of becoming rich. It’s a very, very narrow view of life that the only ways are through a given handful of schools.</p>