One could make the argument, "Well, it's NYU and he values his education enough to sacrifice his quality of life to attend a top ugrad school." My rebuttal for that is that attending a top ugrad school just isn't worth it if you're putting your health, safety, or dignity in jeopardy. And I think he jeopardized all of the aformentioned intangibles (healthy, safety, and dignity) by living in a library basement for 8 months....I mean..come on...you can't really take care of basic hygiene in a library bathroom. In addition, sleeping in a chair reallly can't be too comfortable or good for your back...and there's no way in hell he could've plopped down a bed in the middle of a library.