History PlayingWith / IvyLeagueForEveryone

* '''Inverted''': [[TheAce Grant]] has perfect grades, speaks three languages fluently and is learning a fourth, is a saxophone prodigy, volunteers at the homeless shelter every Tuesday and Thursday, was voted class president, graduated valedictorian, has already written a novel and two scientific papers, and plays rugby at a national level. Despite all these achievements, he struggles to get into any universities.

** While Grant is an above-average student, his application still isn't impressive enough that he should be able to get into Oxford, yet somehow he does.
** While Grant did get into Oxford, he only, by his own admission, got in because he wrote in his application essay that he will use his degree to make the world a better place and his grades are barely above a D+.

** Despite a seemingly casual demeanor (not helped with his absolutely comical SimpletonVoice), Grant is still a very bright, exceptionally proficient student with an impressive résumé and is rightfully accepted into Oxford on those merits.
** Many of the characters in a show about high-tier law firms went to Harvard or Yale because they're high-quality law schools.

** Grant is a legacy student whose rich parents donated 80 million dollars to Harvard. There’s a building on campus named after his parents.

* '''Inverted''': [[TheAce Grant]] has perfect grades, speaks three languages fluently and is learning a fourth, is a saxophone prodigy, volunteers at the homeless shelter every Tuesday and Thursday, was voted class president, graduated valedictorian, has already written a novel and two scientific papers, and plays rugby at a national level. Nevertheless, he struggles to get into any universities.

** Grant says he went to Oxford. It turns out that he actually went to [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct a diploma mill named "Harvard Institute University of Oxford"]].

** But then later, he receives a ''real'' letter of acceptance from Oxford.

** Grant mentions that he's been thrown out of Oxford. Mary and Spencer want to know ''how'' he even got there, but that's a NoodleIncident that'll forever remain a RiddleForTheAges.

** Despite a seemingly casual demeanor, Grant is still a very bright, exceptionally proficient student with an impressive résumé and is rightfully accepted into Oxford on those merits.

** Grant gets lucky in another field, finding

'''Basic Trope''': Fictional characters have a much easier time getting into prestigious universities than real people.

** Grant was expelled from school for frequent truancy, failed half his exams, and used horribly bad [[RougeAnglesOfSatin spelling]] and [[WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma punctuation]] on his application, and still gets into the University of Oxford.
** Everyone in the cast is a lazy [[TheDitz ditz]]. Somehow they all made it into Oxford.

** It's AfterTheEnd, Oxford can't afford being picky.
* '''Inverted''': Grant has perfect grades, speaks three languages fluently, is a saxophone prodigy, volunteers at the homeless shelter every Tuesday and Thursday, was voted class president, graduated valedictorian, and plays rugby at a national level. Nevertheless, he struggles to get into any universities.

** Grant doesn't go to college at all.

** Grant later drops out after realizing that the acceptance criteria is usually so high for a reason; the workload is a lot heavier and challenging than most other universities.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Grant gets accepted into Oxford. His attempt at studying there is an EpicFail.
* '''Played for Drama''': Grant's parents want him to go to Oxford, while he'd rather be a carpenter. He decides to apply -- figuring out that they'll probably reject him -- to try to get them off his back. Then the university [[OhCrap decides to accept]] [[SpringtimeForHitler his application]].