What was Barack Obama's GPA?
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What was Barack Obama's GPA?Hi,
Although I am British, Barack Obama is my idol - and I think he's the greatest politician there is. I was curious to know what his GPA was? I heard he had a "B" average - if this is true, then I doubt UChicago would've accepted him and he would've never gone onto Harvard because after all the best of the best apply to their (academic wise).
If it is true, does this show that grades aren't reflective of the intelligence of somebody, and also if UChicago did accept his "B" average what swayed their decision to a "yes" rather than a "no" due to poor grades? -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?George Bush went to Harvard.(Original post by JDWhite1995)
Hi,
Although I am British, Barack Obama is my idol - and I think he's the greatest politician there is. I was curious to know what his GPA was? I heard he had a "B" average - if this is true, then I doubt UChicago would've accepted him and he would've never gone onto Harvard because after all the best of the best apply to their (academic wise).
If it is true, does this show that grades aren't reflective of the intelligence of somebody, and also if UChicago did accept his "B" average what swayed their decision to a "yes" rather than a "no" due to poor grades? -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?I really think that he's the exception rather than the rule(Original post by internetguru)
George Bush went to Harvard.
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?Daddy Bush bought Jr's grades from Yale(Original post by internetguru)
George Bush went to Harvard.
Harvard was the MBA... he bought that too! -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?He never studied at Chicago, but I believe that he briefly taught there.(Original post by JDWhite1995)
Hi,
Although I am British, Barack Obama is my idol - and I think he's the greatest politician there is. I was curious to know what his GPA was? I heard he had a "B" average - if this is true, then I doubt UChicago would've accepted him and he would've never gone onto Harvard because after all the best of the best apply to their (academic wise).
If it is true, does this show that grades aren't reflective of the intelligence of somebody, and also if UChicago did accept his "B" average what swayed their decision to a "yes" rather than a "no" due to poor grades?
He did go to a pretty good Private College near LA, before transferring to Columbia to finish his BA, so I can't imagine his GPA would have been too low. He also went to Harvard Law School to do his Law degree, so chances are, to get into Columbia and Harvard, he will have been pretty bright as he didn't have the rich/famous parents that Bush had. -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?I've heard this too. I know someone who met him, and apparently all the negative things you thought about him disappeared instantly; supposedly an extremely personable and enigmatic fellow. I can believe it, in all honesty.(Original post by Classical Liberal)
Bush is a very smart man, he just played the friendly idiot card. He was smart enough to make everyone think he was an idiot.
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?He was a figurehead basically. Most of the actual governing was done by the people around him.(Original post by Classical Liberal)
Bush is a very smart man, he just played the friendly idiot card. He was smart enough to make everyone think he was an idiot.
This is why Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, etc get asked about their opinions on issues occaisionally but Bush never does. He has nothing interesting to say. -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?The President was designed to be precisely that.(Original post by anarchism101)
He was a figurehead basically.
For example on Thomas Jefferson's tombestone it does not say that he was the President, he thought of it as being irrelevant. Unfortunately such a sentiment no longer exists...
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?I was talking about Bush personally rather than the executive as a whole. Yes, I know the executive didn't do a lot in the USA's early years, but during the Bush years the executive did do a lot, it was just that Bush personally didn't do a lot except say to the cameras what the guys around him told him to.(Original post by Classical Liberal)
The President was designed to be precisely that.
For example on Thomas Jefferson's tombestone it does not say that he was the President, he thought of it as being irrelevant. Unfortunately such a sentiment no longer exists...
It was a similar story with Reagan, though Bush wasn't to the same extent as him. Reagan didn't have a clue what was going on half the time. -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?Precisely. It's still an important job - who can deny that whoever is president of America has a lot of power - but the man actually holding the post doesn't really make that much difference.(Original post by anarchism101)
He was a figurehead basically. Most of the actual governing was done by the people around him.
This is why Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, etc get asked about their opinions on issues occaisionally but Bush never does. He has nothing interesting to say.
The way to get elected is to be a charismatic personality figure with a bit of political insight and intuition. The people who are really qualified to do things are working underneath the president away from the public eye. The president is the speech giver; the dignitary meeter; the reassuring, inspiring public figure.
Here's Obama and his wife performing one of their very important duties as president and first lady:
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?It's just a shame he condemns every black killing but when a black kills a white, particularly in the recent spate of murders because of that Treyvon kid he completely ignores. He'll never get my vote because he doesn't care about my people.
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?Yes but he actually worked hard for it... allegedly.(Original post by internetguru)
George Bush went to Harvard. -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?Seriously.(Original post by HeavyTeddy)
Pick a better idol. -
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?I don't reckon Bush was/is genuinely an idiot, just simply not a great president.(Original post by Classical Liberal)
Bush is a very smart man, he just played the friendly idiot card. He was smart enough to make everyone think he was an idiot.
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Re: What was Barack Obama's GPA?(Original post by HeavyTeddy)
Pick a better idol.
