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TexasTowelie

(112,161 posts)
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 08:51 PM Feb 2017

Questions linger about Trump's academic record at Wharton

President Trump has spoken frequently about his undergraduate success at Wharton, the University of Pennsylvania's top-notch business school.

But while claims of Trump's academic prowess at the Ivy League school have been around for decades, questions about how strong his record actually was continue to swirl.

The 1968 Wharton graduate's name does not appear in a report of dean's list students from that year or among students who graduated with honors, according to records from the university and its student newspaper.

Claims that Trump was a top student at Wharton appear to have first surfaced in 1973, when a New York Times profile reported that he graduated first in his class. No attribution was given for that statement. Another early Times profile, in 1976, also said he was first in his class, and the assertion has been repeated many times in the decades since.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Questions-linger-Donald-Trump-academic-record-Wharton.html

[font color=330099]Is anyone surprised that he lied?[/font]

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Questions linger about Trump's academic record at Wharton (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
He Would Make His Academic Record Public But... global1 Feb 2017 #1
. JimGinPA Feb 2017 #2
lol flygal Feb 2017 #10
I have... jaxind Feb 2017 #3
Trump ALSO demanded Obama's college transcripts. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #8
Like that Purple Heart he won for services in Vietnam avoiding STDs in Manhattan. BSdetect Feb 2017 #4
drumpf's entire life appears to be a lie. democratisphere Feb 2017 #5
"Questions" my ass. Like everything else, he lied his ass off. NT Adrahil Feb 2017 #6
first in his class for having paid the most money fierywoman Feb 2017 #7
He didn't even do a good job with that. TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #9
ha-ha-ha ... touche' ! fierywoman Feb 2017 #11

jaxind

(1,074 posts)
3. I have...
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 09:03 PM
Feb 2017

I have asked many times here on DU that when tRUMP demanded Obama for his birth certificate that Obama should have demanded for tRUMP's high school and college transcripts. For all we know, his high school grades were so low that he couldn't have gotten into UPENN without his dad's money or influence. And I bet he did just as poorly on his grades at UPENN as well!

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
4. Like that Purple Heart he won for services in Vietnam avoiding STDs in Manhattan.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 09:03 PM
Feb 2017

He fought through bushes with a gammy leg.

fierywoman

(7,683 posts)
7. first in his class for having paid the most money
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 09:32 PM
Feb 2017

to other people to have taken his exams and written his papers for him?

TexasTowelie

(112,161 posts)
9. He didn't even do a good job with that.
Sun Feb 19, 2017, 09:36 PM
Feb 2017

With all of his money he should have been able to afford to pay a few people enough to graduate with honors instead of sliding by without distinction. I hope that those people collected their money up front since he probably stiffed them otherwise.

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