[steveklabnik]

It's not saying that doing so is a requirement, it's saying that, if you have a degree, the fact that you have one is more important than where it is from.

I dropped out of school, had terrible grades, and ended up going back and finishing, but still got like a 2.something GPA. The subject of school never came up. When I review applicants, I don't rate them poorly if they didn't get a degree.

[everial]

That's totally fair! I just sympathize with gp as the quoted section and the sentence that emphasizes "completion" from the last paragraph are easy to misinterpret as "you should have finished a four-year degree".

e: hopefully clearer, but tired and still commenting on the internet, so who knows. =)