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Bush had a GPA of 2.35 at Yale
2004-08-06, 5:03 PM #1
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124133/bio

Doesn't that seem a tad low for someone who is running our country? Also how did he get into Yale with only a score of 1260 or 1206?
2004-08-06, 5:07 PM #2
The Bush family has always been influential. It's not really overly surprising, especially considering his amazing English skills.

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2004-08-06, 5:13 PM #3
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Only the second President in history to be the son of a former President</font>


?? I thought he was the only one. Who else?

[EDIT] nm i read the answer in the article farther down. DOH

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This is retarded, and I mean drooling at the mouth
2004-08-06, 5:14 PM #4
John Adams -> John Quincy Adams

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2004-08-06, 5:17 PM #5
Lots of people get into big universities with low money or scores or whatever, it's not at all uncommon for someone who the university just thinks is interesting or promising or well-connected or whatever to be accepted on those grounds alone.

Edit: why does /imdb/ have a page on him anyways?

"9th cousin twice removed of John Kerry, his rival in the 2004 election. Both are descended from Edmund Reade (1563-1623)."

interesting..

I like how they dont' quote him on anything worthwhile or well-spoken.. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]
Ok so there are a couple vague token ones like that further down the page.

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2004-08-06, 5:18 PM #6
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Avenger:
John Adams -> John Quincy Adams

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DAMN YOU! I will see you hanged for this...this...incursion.

Technically hung is correct, but I'd have to giggle if I said it.

*giggles*.

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2004-08-06, 5:25 PM #7
No, when referring to gallows, hanged is the proper usage.

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2004-08-06, 5:29 PM #8
Really? I didn't know that. Thanks.

*coughnazicough*

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2004-08-06, 5:40 PM #9
Hmmm.

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2004-08-06, 5:44 PM #10
I really don't see what his university scores then have to do with being the president now. It's not like he went there for a degree in how to be a president and bombed the course.

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2004-08-06, 5:48 PM #11
Didn't Einstien have poor school scores?
2004-08-06, 5:50 PM #12
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Dormouse:


Edit: why does /imdb/ have a page on him anyways?


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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124133/maindetails

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2004-08-06, 6:06 PM #13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
Didn't Einstien have poor school scores? </font>


Yeah, in subjects like Greek grammar.

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2004-08-06, 6:16 PM #14
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
Didn't Einstien have poor school scores? </font>


If you liken him to Einstein, prepare to friggin DIE.

But Einstein sucked at Math I though. At least in school.

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2004-08-06, 6:29 PM #15
I was just pointing how stupid it is to take some one's GPA from 20 years ago and make it out as some big deal. Einstien would make a horrible president. He may have been good at math and science, but he would do crappy as a president. FYI there is a diffrence bettween high IQ and wisdom.
2004-08-06, 6:32 PM #16
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
FYI there is a diffrence bettween high IQ and wisdom.</font>


FYI Bush most certainly has none of the above.

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2004-08-06, 6:43 PM #17
Can someone explain the American Tertiary score system to me?

Wait wait, better idea, I can hear the shuffling of lecture pads from some of you more thorough Massassians already. How about a more general outline, and what the average person's score might be?

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2004-08-06, 6:48 PM #18
2.00 is a C which is supposed to be avridge.

Oh, nice one Bill. Your stunning logic has indeed stung me to the core. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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2004-08-06, 7:04 PM #19
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Oh, nice one Bill. Your stunning logic has indeed stung me to the core. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]
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I'm sure it did. But then again that's not saying much.

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2004-08-06, 7:07 PM #20
Yale, people. Yale. Yale is a really good school, remember?
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2004-08-06, 7:07 PM #21
I take it you get below a 2.00?

And although a C's average, it's far below average for most Americans. Realistically, a B is considered more average, and an A above average. Yeah.

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2004-08-06, 7:22 PM #22
Ben Franklin only had a 6th or 7th grade education if I'm correct. Great leadership qualities don't necessarily require great intelligence. Although I'm not saying I agree with everything that GW does, I'm just saying you need to be careful by implying that just because he has a low IQ, he's a bad leader...

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2004-08-06, 7:26 PM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Mad Hatter:
Ben Franklin only had a 6th or 7th grade education if I'm correct. Great leadership qualities don't necessarily require great intelligence.</font>


Are you saying Ben Franklin wasn't intelligent?


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2004-08-06, 7:26 PM #24
2.35...that's low, right?

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2004-08-06, 7:40 PM #25
This thread makes me giggle.

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2004-08-06, 7:45 PM #26
Ben Franklin also lived in an era where you could learn more by following someone who knows things around than you could learn at school. And he wasn't President. And if you are not smart enough to get good grades at yale, don't go to yale.

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2004-08-06, 7:52 PM #27
I think both of you missed the point, finish reading my post


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2004-08-06, 7:56 PM #28
More and more and more Bush bashing. More and more of finding these little tidbits so we can all go "omgl00k he r st00p!1"

Give it a rest will ya! Damn.

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2004-08-06, 8:33 PM #29
Bush opposes 'legacy' college admissions
Surreal.

Sine: Yeah, and so is Harvard's law school, which Bush also was accepted into. Since he was rejected by the University of Texas graduate program, though, the clear implication is his family connections and legacy status helped him in both universities.

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2004-08-06, 8:59 PM #30
Erm, listen to Sine. It's not easy to get more than a 2.35 at Yale.

It's creepy that he is John Kerry's ninth cousin twice removed, they are both descendants of the same dude, scroll down! Creepy.

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2004-08-06, 10:03 PM #31
Emon, you're probably my 9th cousin three times removed or something.



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2004-08-06, 10:59 PM #32
He was a college cheerleader... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/redface.gif]

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2004-08-07, 4:38 AM #33
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sine Nomen:
Yale, people. Yale. Yale is a really good school, remember?</font>


I know tons of people whos entire families went to Yale and Harvard, and they all say the same thing: The hardest part is getting in.

Apparently its not that hard to get in if your family has some sort of legacy, either.

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2004-08-07, 5:43 AM #34
He was always part of Yale's "Skulls and Bones." It was an "elite" society that accepted many people due to their "influence" (like Kerry and Kennedy.)

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2004-08-07, 7:12 AM #35
I don't think Yale's an overly easy college, but c'mon. A C- average?

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2004-08-07, 7:49 AM #36
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The Mad Hatter:
I'm just saying you need to be careful by implying that just because he has a low IQ, he's a bad leader...

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Where do you get that? You can't imply an IQ from a GPA.

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Bush opposes 'legacy' college admissions
Surreal.

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Like some black folks who benefitted from affirmative action now oppose it because they realize it might now be the best thing out there?

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2004-08-07, 7:57 AM #37
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2004-08-07, 8:26 AM #38
Did I created to this thread merely to show a flaw of Bush? Somewhat, but I merely wanted to point out more about how people of high prestige are about to get into a good school without meeting the requirements. It just upsets me when some people study so hard to get into a school like Yale, while others can easily rely on their status.
By the way, I heard Bill Clinton was quite the scholar. Does anyone know his SAT score and grades?
2004-08-07, 8:37 AM #39
No, but I think I heard that too....

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2004-08-07, 8:55 AM #40
Affirmative action is the same thing as saying that blacks are inferior and need to be given extra help.
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