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title: "Straight A's If Your Roommate Dies?"
description: "Is it true that you get automatic straight A's if your college roommate dies? Explore the origins of this persistent urban legend, its appearances in 1990s films, and why \"pass by catastrophe\" isn't real."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/straight-as-if-your-roommate-dies.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/straight-as-if-your-roommate-dies
datePublished: 2026-07-28
dateModified: 2026-07-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/straight-as-if-your-roommate-dies.md.summary.md
---

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Is it true that you get automatic straight A's if your college roommate dies? Explore the origins of this persistent urban legend, its appearances in 1990s films, and why "pass by catastrophe" isn't real.
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