<p>For what it’s worth, at Yale the Wiffenpoofs are the apex of the singing hierarchy, and maintain an intensive performance and practice regimen, although not one that would be theoretically inconsistent with a full class load. People are members only for one year, although of course they have to be at a very high level to be selected in the first place, which means they were singing a lot before they joined. In my generation, over half of the Wiffenpoofs – maybe substantially more than half – did not graduate in eight semesters. It just went with the territory.</p>