Being top of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be top in life. Life requires much more than your ability to understand a concept, memorise it and reproduce it in an exam. Intelligence and excellence in life go beyond your ability to provide cut-and-paste answers.

Lack of a formal education is a death sentence to some and an opportunity to explore for others

You are yet to catch up with the real world if you've never studied any concepts outside the school syllabus or read any books beside the texts books school forced you to read. Most people are just programmed not educated

If a Robot can succeed without a Certificate. So can you. Its all about programing Reprogram your mindset.