Thomas Sowell told a similar tale about himself as an undergrad at Harvard. He had transferred from Howard, and was on the way to flunking out do to poor work

Thomas Sowell told a similar tale about himself as an undergrad at Harvard. He had transferred from Howard, and was on the way to flunking out do to poor work habits. Some quotes from p.118 fo his "A Personal Odyssey" (hardcover): "My work at Howard was a further handicap, for that experience gave me no inkling of the kind of time and effort required at Harvard, and in fact lulled me into a false sense of security. I thought I was being a conscientious student, so I was shocked one day when Nort [his roommate] suddenly said to me: "Tom, when are you going to stop goofing off and get some work done?" "Goofing off! I didn't know what he was talking about. But I learned the hard way when the mid-term grades came out." This was about 1956. He pulled his shit together and graduated magna cum laude.