<p>I lean toward a vote for the latter, “meaningless anecdotal information.” </p>
<p>Don’t know what year he was, but the former Princeton jock (football) I know personally is a nondescript average guy who struggled in an early career, got fired, got divorced, and now lives in a run-down condo complex and owns a modest small business. I don’t think you’ll see him being profiled in the Daily Princetonian. Of course, admissions competition being what it is now, perhaps he wouldn’t have been admitted in today.</p>