You don&#x27;t know what her coursework was a Stanford. She may well have skipped the intro classes.<p>I don&#x27;t think the makeup of the board is that weird. Yes, it may mean they&#x27;re shady and are trying to leverage political connections as much as they can. But even if they had a great product, dealing with regulators would still be a huge problem&#x2F;pain for them, and they would still ideally want a board with lots of politically influential people.<p>There are many reasons to be wary of Theranos. I don&#x27;t think the board makeup and Holmes being a dropout are among them.