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In reply to the discussion: What kind of education did Trump get at Wharton? [View all]DFW
(54,370 posts)10. He was there, but only as a physical presence
I went to Penn and took one course at Wharton as part of my social sciences requirements (3 semesters, if your major is in another area). The professor was a really nice guy, and tough as nails. And that was just Econ 101. I was definitely not cut out for that place. No one like Trump would have survived a month at that school without a LOT of special consideration (i.e. parental donations). He would have come across to any Wharton professor as something one of my Russian teachers would have described as "глуп как пробка," which translates out to "stupid as a cork."
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Trump went to Fordham U for 3.5 years and then through a family friend got a "back door" ....
Botany
Aug 2018
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Two years at Fordham, from what I recall reading. Transferred because Wharton had a real estate
highplainsdem
Aug 2018
#5
Old DU thread: Former Wharton Professor: 'Trump Was the Dumbest G*ddamn Student I Ever Had'
highplainsdem
Aug 2018
#3
Somewhere in the bazillion or so articles about him and Wharton I remember...
TreasonousBastard
Aug 2018
#4
When people posts things like this they think they are slamming the person.
former9thward
Aug 2018
#17
In defense of prestigious schools, most have admission rates lower than 5% now...
unitedwethrive
Aug 2018
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