the cough sounds concerning. that doesn't sound so much 'pimples' as a rash, also???

i dunno i could have been classified as lazy with the amount of lectures i missed, and even when completing my PhD I was hardly the nerd about it.

honours year here is accepted as the most challenging year at university ... i could write a 5000 word essay in 48 hours and get an A. If i'd spent 3 weeks like most people I still wouldn't have done any better. So what's the point?

it's not how MUCH you work it's HOW you work IMO!!!

i think you are right to be concerned for your friend physically, though.