And I learned a lot of math going through engineering school - enough to earn a math degree - but I was not awarded a math degree and therefore do not claim to have one.
How is that too tough for Rand to understand?
He earned a medical degree and studied for a biology degree to the extent that a top 5 medical school took him into their med. program. While he did not get the paper. He was odds on favorite to be the most knowledgeable student in his biology honors class.
You get that there are lots of people out there who get doctorates without high school, B.S or masters degrees. They just pass through it when the higher programs accept them early.
I know a girl who was accepted into University of Washington Math program at 15. She started her B.S. but 4 years later she got her PhD instead, never getting any earlier degree.
There is a track for the smart. And then there is a track for the genius. If Rand wanted to get a wall of degrees he could easily have them. The schools probably have already given him a few honorary doctorates already.