Conversation so far:
Where did Thomas Pynchon go to school?
Pynchon attended Oyster Bay High School in Oyster Bay
Was Thomas Pynchon a good student at Cornell University?
he was awarded student of the year“
When did Thomas Pynchon graduate from high school?
1953 at the age of 16

Question: Did he go to college?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Thomas Pynchon go to college?