Even the if they graduated didn't really matter. My last semester of college I could have failed every class except a survey of American lit and still graduated

Even the if they graduated didn't really matter. My last semester of college I could have failed every class except a survey of American lit and still graduated. I failed the survey of American lit¹ (didn't finish the final paper). For the next three years, I circumlocuted my way around the fact that I didn't actually graduate² until I finally got credit for that last class and got my diploma through an independent study with my academic advisor. Nobody actually checked to see if I graduated and the presence or absence of a BA wouldn't have mattered if I hadn't gone to grad school. ⸻ 1. I was working full time while taking classes full time which is not a recipe for academic success. I passed the other classes I was taking, at least. 2. For the record, this was my second of four droppings out of college in my checkered academic career.