@20002ist
The first time Sartre took the agrégation, he failed. He took it a second time and virtually tied for first place with Beauvoir, although Sartre was eventually awarded first place, with Beauvoir second
"She was 21 years old which made her the youngest person to ever pass the exam ... Her success as the eighth woman to pass the agrégation solidified her economic independence"
Reader, she entered into a "soul partnership" with him anyway