Hm, well, I wouldn't say it's like that? It's more like... you still have to put in a great deal of study to be able to effectively use the knowledge you're given, and as it's part of an inheritance you're generally going to spend several years learning how to use magic without it.

And anyway, no crest has the complete encyclopedia of magic written into it, so there's always still plenty to learn. The progression is usually more about educating yourself before you begin university-style education at Clock Tower, so while the academic setting for it comes later it's not actually absent.

[...let's not talk about the fact that Magic College politics are hell. Well, he doesn't care, anyway. Magic College is great.]

Exactly. Of course, there are several people dedicated to that sort of thing already, aren't there...?