You are right, Jamie. There are lots of situations in which the student may find a welcoming environment on the outside because he is known to the people he will be working with, and they are willing to stretch a little. It is always healthy to remember that the education students are receiving doesn't lead to one and only way career path. Knowledge can be reworked and repackaged! I am glad you see it as appropriate not to pigeonhole students on the basis of their (presumed) limitations. Dr. Jane Jarrow