Everything about this creeps me out. Something...scratch that; everything is not right here. Ok; so he spent 1979 to 1985 going to school at Occidental and then Columbia and “the workplace,” which as far as I know, no one knows anything about. Also, transferring credits to an Ivy League school, even from another private school, is easier said than done. I find it somewhat unusual, though not impossible, that he could just transfer to Columbia without a hitch in his academic calendar. Oh yeah, one more thing. One very important thing....why did he transfer at all? Occidental is a very good school. Who was in NYC or Columbia that he wanted to study with, be with, hang out with, etc...?
He wasn't bright enough to get a good job, but WAS bright enough to get into Harvard Law School after working at a place like that? Maybe his stint at NYPIRG connected him, but something is fishy here.