Similar things have happened at MIT, for what it's worth
"Similar things have happened at MIT, for what it's worth."
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Yep, and at a few other U.S. schools, too.
There was also that wacko at San Diego State who gunned down three of his profs because his engineering thesis wasn't coming together.
In the five years I was at college (yes - five, and I didn't hang myself!) - each year we had a suicide - with grades being a large (all?) part of the reason. It was a top-notch engineering school (and small). The kids coming had all done great in High School. I remember one kid in my dorm was all upset the first time he got a "B"!
The one way to look at it was "C" for Credit and "D" for Diploma to keep yourself from getting too depressed!