<p>Once you get into a doctoral program, they want you to succeed and will do anything to help. One of the 8 in my program seemed determined not to finish and I think he didn’t. You’d have to work hard at failing when you get to that level. I worked hard to get good grades (where did I think I’d go from there?? but it’s just how I always approached learning). I remember a fellow student who said passing grades were good enough; no one would ever know. I understood the rationale, but couldn’t go there.</p>