I had no idea about this awesome fact about AOC

[yodermon]

Link to tweet

in case you didn't know already, @Ocasio2018 won 2nd place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for a poster about C. elegans. props for choosing the best model organism

[Sloumeau]

1. Thank you very much. I keep liking AOC more and more. ☺

[JBoy]

2. Chuckling to myself here, trying to imagine Trump's science project. n/t

[pazzyanne]

3. tRump, "Science? What science? We don't need no science!"

[spike jones]

4. That would be a beaker full of yellow liquid And a poster "I make wee wee."

[erronis]

5. So impressed! That is a great prize.

Most developed countries would be so honored to have her represent the people. I do.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

6. I thought the cranky bingo shut-ins and Fox News viewers said she wasn't smart.

[Jim Lane]

7. Yes, but they weren't the only ones to lash out at her in knee-jerk rage. (n/t)

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. Notice the "and"

[Hortensis]

9. :) I did. Her bio's understandably short, but

it's hardly empty and worth a quick browse. I liked this but was more impressed with an undergrad summa cum laude in economics and (?) some field of international studies. Whatever else, it indicates that she can be disciplined and work hard.

[stopwastingmymoney]

10. Wow that is impressive

Summa in economics? That is incredibly difficult to achieve.

[Hortensis]

11. Well, not superwoman and it wasn't the Ivy League,

but nailing that material is very different from studying art history for sure. My econ classes were the toughest I took, so I know she plugged hard.

[stopwastingmymoney]

12. To illustrate:

There were 240 in my class specifically from the School of Business and Economics. 24 achieved cum laude (3.5 gpa or better). We had one summa and two magnas. I knew the girl who got summa, worked with her several times, and she was an extremely serious and hardworking person. I'm sure she went on to great things, she was a rare standout among even among that top ten percent.