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In reply to the discussion: What kind of education did Trump get at Wharton? [View all]PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,750 posts)that the most prestigious big name schools out there don't necessarily require very much of their students. At Harvard, at least half of all students apparently get straight A's, as 50 percent of them have a GPA of 3.67 or better. Really?
And their graduation rate is supposed to be 97.6%, which strongly suggests to me that a student will graduate unless they totally fuck up and then insist on dropping out. Yeah, I know all those who apply to the most prestigious and selective colleges are highly motivated and all that, but there's still something about the grade inflation and the graduation rates for some of these schools that I question.
When Trump was accepted into Penn it wasn't because he was an outstanding student, but because his father no doubt donated significant money and they sure as heck weren't going to endanger that. Professors will understand that they have to give the C, no matter what. Heck, the course requirements can be constructed so that merely showing up to class and taking a couple of exams, regardless of class participation or performance on the tests, earns that C. Which was probably the case for Trump.