Y’all, don’t forget that he went to school to become a preacher. Even though he dropped out, after I believe a year, that first year would have taught a lot about directing the narrative and how to control conversations. These “schools” teach a lot on how to work the psychology and how to get people to give to you, while not questioning what you are saying to them..
I personally knew a few that went through the school, to become preachers and/or traveling evangelicals. They learned a lot more psychology and the brain, than they did the religion teachings...
Actually, schools like App State and University of Florida will take just about anyone with a heartbeat. They deny very few applications and those usually go based more on discipline reports from high schools or other colleges.. I had a friend that was spit out after 2 years at App State. He graduated 205 out of 260 in his class. His SAT scores were median average and nothing to write home about. His GPA was a 2.9 and his only extra circular activity was band and even that, he didn’t do well. He didn’t get any sort of scholarship and went on a Pell Grant. His first year, he said was eye opening and he wasn’t ready at all.. His parents even complained that if his grades were that low, why did they even accept him into the school but it is all about the all mighty dollar in schools too.. They get paid, no matter what, if they accept the student and the student enrolls in the school/classes...
I was so pissed, as I didn’t get any opportunity to even try and go to college or an university. Our school was a huge feeder for App State too. My grades were a lot higher, my ACT was in the top 5% for my class and I graduated in the top 1/8 of my class, having being in 6 after school groups, band and color guard, officer in band, and working a full time job all through my junior and senior year. My “sperm and egg” donors though were hiding from the IRS and refused to fill out financial aid paperwork. I had to pay rent too, just to live in their house and pay to eat. Any money I brought in, was immediately seized for rent/power/etc. I so wanted to get away and go to college but I wasn’t a legal adult until way past the cut off for registration and I still would have had to filed for being my own adult, away from my parents, which took legal procedures and a lot of money...
So, it was where I learned a lot about colleges and universities, as I got older and eventually went back to school, after I got on my own...