When I was about 22, I found myself standing tall before an affirmative action captain. I was facing disciplinary action, and he was laying out the path before of me. He was talking, and I'm thinking "The word you're searching for is 'repurcussions', " and I'd no sooner thought it than he said "...you're going to have to reap the percussions of your actions." I rolled my eyes, mentally, and tried not to laugh.
Been there also, made 99 on written exam and then get the heave-ho from a phony review board.
I was just making the point that you do have to have the credentials to be where she is, even if you get them from Mail Order College. Im retired Navy. I could write a book about AA in the military.