Do you need a degree to be considered intellectual?

I have the following qualifications;

-8 GCSE's with 3 C's.

-A/S Level Art.

-BTEC First Diploma in Media.

-BTEC National Certificate in Public Services.

I also read poetry and novels, along with painting, writing songs and occasionally poetry in my spare time amongst other things.

Yet I am about to drop out of University (Open) for the second time. The first attempt was at Staffordshire Univesity.

To which I redirect you back to the original question.