True…….sort of. Its the part of "all things being equal" that you're not getting. Go read post 8003. A trust fund kid at a crappy party school that finishes in 4.0 years does NOT get a net point value higher than a self starter that worked full time or served in the guard and got a harder degree at a harder school but took 5.0 years. While he may have gotten more points for the 4.0 years, he lost points (or didn't get points) for the other things directly related to it. The 5.0 kid may have lost a few points, but those were more than made up for, for a net gain.
It's my understanding that points are never taken from your total score but that points are given to those meeting or having certain things on their app. Should you score enough points you will be offered an interview. 5 years or less gets you so many points but if you did it in more than 5 years, you don't score those points. It's just like being a checkairman, if you are a checkairman then you get some points, if your not a checkairman then it's not held against you, you just don't score the points for having one. It's the entire app they look at and it would appear that not any one single blip on your app will keep you from getting the the invite.