re: #79 sagehen

Worth pointing out that Meghan’s father’s class standing was… 5th from the bottom.

Admiral Daddy didn’t just get him enrolled; he repeatedly kept him from being tossed.

I’ve a friend from high school that went to grad school at Columbia. One of the things he told me years ago was that the Ivy League school (and I think this holds true for most prestigious universities) will protect students once they’re in. They want to keep that graduation rate high, so they’ll go out of their way to make sure you finish with decent grades.