Someone else is lending you the money, they can add any strings they want.
Banks deny mortgages for problems with homes all the time. You aren’t able to swap in a different house after the bank approves it.
Not sure how that ended for him, but hopefully poorly?
(The program was originated as that state didn't have a NucE program, so found it cheaper to pay them to go somewhere else than run its own)
I've got no sympathy for someone who deliberately makes unethical choices.
I'm not sure what this has to do with anything I said.
If you're referring to my second statement, I met many people in school who intended to go into engineering or computer science or medicine and had to change their career path once it was clear they weren't going to make it through the first year of introductory classes. I doubt I was alone in seeing that happen.