The Roommate's Suicide and the 4.0 (IN: A Nest of Vipers: Perspectives on Contemporary Legend V, edited by G Bennett & P Smith) - Centre for Suicide PreventionCentre for Suicide Prevention

Year: 1990 Source: Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1990. p.69-76 SIEC No: 20010281

There is a common myth on American college campuses that if a student’s roommate completes suicide, the student will receive a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) for that semester. This chapter explores this myth & reports the results of 2 small convenience sample surveys at 2 colleges in 1985. The majority of students at both colleges reported either hearing of or reading about this myth. It seems the myth is diffused through student oral culture. (7 notes)

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The Roommate’s Suicide and the 4.0 (IN: A Nest of Vipers: Perspectives on Contemporary Legend V, edited by G Bennett & P Smith)

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