<human>:  Was Michael Crichton ever in danger of flunking out of Harvard as an undergraduate?
<bot>: No, Michael Crichton was never in danger of flunking out of Harvard as an undergraduate. Scholastic probation or academic dismissal, sometimes known as flunking out, is the termination of students at a higher educational institution as the result of poor academic achievement. Michael Crichton obtained his bachelor's degree in biological anthropology summa cum laude in 1964. He never had poor grades.