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18. On Trump's graduation :

Tue Jul 7, 2020, 01:02 PM

Jul 2020

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The program for the commencement ceremony lists the names of students who graduated from Wharton with honors — cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude — and Donald Trump isn’t among them. Nor is his name included on the Dean’s List published in 1968 by the Daily Pennsylvanian. Given that colleges and universities are prohibited by law from releasing transcripts to anyone other than the student in question, and that Trump has purportedly forbidden the school to do so, we’ll have to rely on proof by omission that Trump didn’t graduate with any academic distinction whatsoever.

Trump himself finally copped to this in a 1988 New York magazine story written by Julie Baumgold. “Okay, maybe not ‘first,’ as myth has it,” Baumgold wrote, “but he had ‘the highest grades possible.’”

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Trump cheated on his SATs by paying someone to take it for him, according to Mary Trump's new book [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2020 OP

That sounds like something he would do! Initech Jul 2020 #1

Cheated, grifted and avoided responsibility since childhood. Shocked I tell you! Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #2

Paying somebody to take your SATs is another form of draft evasion at that time greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #10

Cadet Bonespurs avoided that too. And said getting STD's was his "personal Vietnam." Pathetic. Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #53

Not surprising lkinwi Jul 2020 #3

Couldn't the person who really graduated first in that class come forward to rzemanfl Jul 2020 #4

That's a thought. Mike 03 Jul 2020 #5

He probably likes the tax cuts exboyfil Jul 2020 #13

The graduation bulletin was publicized several years ago and Trump had no laudatory honors listed wishstar Jul 2020 #22

Yes, I saw that, too. No honors of any kind, so clearly not "first." (As if we need more evidence of deurbano Jul 2020 #42

I found my name in my graduation honors list online. I think it was in the paper Maraya1969 Jul 2020 #47

He probably had the whole class sign non-disclosure agreements CanonRay Jul 2020 #14

That's not necessary. The evidence is already public. His graduation program is online. RockRaven Jul 2020 #16

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2020 #52

On Trump's graduation : Jim__ Jul 2020 #18

Thank you for this. rzemanfl Jul 2020 #20

Maybe "the highest grades possible" means... 3catwoman3 Jul 2020 #24

I'm gonna go with the traditional "gentleman's C" that children of rich alumni... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #26

Or "highest grades my dad's money could buy" flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #30

OMG, I could watch this all day! Beartracks Jul 2020 #32

Wow! Sheer poetry! Thank you, Beartracks, and flibbitygiblets. ❤️️❤️️❤️️❤️️ Judi Lynn Jul 2020 #36

The person who took the test should come forward. grantcart Jul 2020 #25

I'm sure there is an NDA involved... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #27

NDA are unenforceable in cases of fraud grantcart Jul 2020 #31

That pretty much invalidates every NDA Dump ever created flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #58

My magic 8 Ball says... Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #41

doubtful, more likely he is getting a nice monthly check. grantcart Jul 2020 #43

So does Joe Lockhart Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2020 #54

Universities keep track of things like that. Lonestarblue Jul 2020 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Earth Bound Misfit Jul 2020 #34

This speaks volumes about not only him, but his parents. FM123 Jul 2020 #6

Yes, very insightful. yonder Jul 2020 #46

Was extremely easy to take somebody else's SAT for them even in the early 90's greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #7

Trump got into Wharton also partially b/c of a connection in Admissions no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #8

Mary Trump has a summer present for her Uncle Donnie Mike 03 Jul 2020 #9

I'm gitten' that book. Bunker Boy has no, zero, zilch credibility, & this fits into his way of doing AnotherMother4Peace Jul 2020 #11

Fake news Traildogbob Jul 2020 #12

His daddy probably did the actual paying... RockRaven Jul 2020 #17

No doubt Traildogbob Jul 2020 #19

"That makes me smart." maxsolomon Jul 2020 #15

Yep. Took mine in 57! bobbieinok Jul 2020 #23

They've been around since 1926. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2020 #60

Aren't they prosecuting people .. Maxheader Jul 2020 #21

It's a shame fred tRump is deceased, otherwise we could be dragging him to court. KS Toronado Jul 2020 #39

Not a surprise. It was also reported that his daddy essentially bought trump's degree with big $ iluvtennis Jul 2020 #28

I'm thinking a Roger Stone Look-alike is in the offing bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #29

Someone probably took all his tests n/t left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #35

Good thought that begs the question, was there an orange stunt man doing his coursework? bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #38

C'Mon!! No WAY!! AZ8theist Jul 2020 #66

Imagine my surprise! Soxfan58 Jul 2020 #37

"he enlisted Joe Shapiro ... to take his SATs for him," left-of-center2012 Jul 2020 #40

Not sure about this one... Grins Jul 2020 #44

Just because his name was on the list of graduates gab13by13 Jul 2020 #45

I want this researched, and hopefully confirmed as true. Paladin Jul 2020 #48

trumphumpers will see this as proof that he's a genius, paying someone to take the SAT is WAY BamaRefugee Jul 2020 #49

His parents never loved him benld74 Jul 2020 #50

Ans wasn't is Wharton school of real estate finance, business? Pepsidog Jul 2020 #51

I might have to buy this one. mwb970 Jul 2020 #55

Of course he did! Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #56

The best evidence for this is that he accused Obama of the same thing. Classic Trump! Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #57

So much for him being a "stable genius"! George II Jul 2020 #59

This damn near explains everything about the treasonous lout called trump................... turbinetree Jul 2020 #61

I'll bet Joe Shapiro's phone is ringing off the hook about now flibbitygiblets Jul 2020 #62

Wait.......... musclecar6 Jul 2020 #63

I feel like all of this coming out about Trump is just leading to... WestLosAngelesGal Jul 2020 #64

".. graduated first in his class.. " yeah if it were for a class of Cha Jul 2020 #65

Hardly a surprise. He's a dumb S.O.B. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #67

File this under... jcgoldie Jul 2020 #68

I remember a classmate of mine claiming he got a 25 on the ACT with just a triangular pattern sandensea Jul 2020 #69

Cheating Is a way of life. markwbradley Jul 2020 #70

Last year, Penn instituted a policy of revoking degrees if a graduate is found to have provided fals riversedge Jul 2020 #71

If he cheated on his SAT's Xolodno Jul 2020 #72