Geting rid of -10demerits before runing for office

[suksas]

How do you do it?

[Hanako]

possibilities:
Do surprisingly well on your first exam (This is, intentionally, almost impossible to pull off correctly. That's why the professors are so surprised.)
Make friends with Donald when he's playing the prank after the first exam and he may invite you to earn merits
Taking responsibility for something that happens during freshman initiation will initially lose merits but eventually mean you gain them all back and then some

[ZA MAWNEE]

The easiest way is to participate in Initiation. The week of Initiation, Thursday, September 12th, make sure you have scheduled a class that is taught by Grabiner. He'll read some of your love letter out loud. Admit that you wrote it.

At first he'll dock you ten merits and give you detention, but then Damien will go talk to him. Afterwards, Grabiner will come and give you the merits back, cancel your detention, and give you an extra ten merits for admitting that you wrote the letter.

[PunkassPunk]

I studied only one school of magic, got detention, then Donald asked me to do some gardening for +10 merits.
afaict it's not possible to with the election for president, but you get shiny bonuses if you play to lose and choose the crazy-person options. Also, it's hilarious.

[suksas]

Can I still have a good ending with Grabiner if I avoid initiation all together and go for detention way of getting back merits?

[Hanako]

It doesn't make any difference how you get the merits. All that matters is that you get to be Treasurer somehow.

[suksas]

No I mean will I get good ending if I don't write a love note sinvce I'm avoiding initaiation.

[Hanako]

It does not make any difference how you get the merits. All that matters is that you get to be Treasurer somehow.

If you are Treasurer, you have the option of doing Grabiner's path. If you are not, you do not.

It does not make any difference HOW you got the merits to run for treasurer.

[suksas]

While not what I asked you have answered my question. Thanks. What I ment was not merits but simply if the scene with Grabiner finding the letter and you admiting or not holds any importance to the end.