From what I understand GW didnt do so great in HS. So how did he get into yale with a C average? And doesnt this seem unfair to those who actually had the grades?
2006-07-26 12:50:58 · 33 answers · asked by deconstruct2000 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I also find it amazing that people who hold GW in a high moral character, dont ever bring this issue up.
Why is that christians?
2006-07-26 12:53:45 · update #1
on a cheerleading scholarship
2006-07-26 12:52:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Where did you get your facts he had a C average? Before asking a question you should be sure your facts are correct if you say "From what I understand GW didnt do so great in HS. So how did he get into yale with a C average?" which tells me your not even sure!
2006-07-26 12:54:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He did not have the GPA to get into the University of Texas. It is because of the legacy program at Yale. His grandfather(Pro Nazi in WWII, my father fought the Nazi's while he was helping them/ what a patriot Prescott was) was a member of the Yale corporation from 1944-56. A trained monkey could have gotten in with that pedigree and backing. W's daughters got in on the same legacy. Now that there is no one else in his family to send, he is against legacies, and of course affirmative action, except for the rich and dim witted.
2006-07-26 13:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money can buy you into a lot of things. Some colleges even have a chart so they can figure out exactly how much money a rich person will have to donate to them in order to let in a student of a specifically poor quality.
Is it fair? No. Of course not. But these are private institutions, and they have every right to be unfair in their admissions if they wish to. Just as any business has the right to accept or refuse customers as long as it's not on a discriminatory basis.
Welcome to America! ( :
2006-07-26 12:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was a "legacy" -- his daddy went there (and did much better than W did academically). Legacies are (almost) automatic admits.
And yes, it's unfair to those who had better grades (which would be something like half the high-school population in the US the year he graduated) :) It's also the way it always has been at Yale.
2006-07-26 12:54:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a legacy admission and it still occurs in all Ivy League schools today. If your parent graduated from the school you probably got in, despite your high school grades. Sort of like an affirmative-action policy for children of alumni.
In 1963 when Bush was a senior in high school and applying to college his father was successful in the Texas oil business but not yet entered politics.
2006-07-26 13:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's much easier to get accepted if one of your parents is an alumni, and Daddy Bush was a Yalie. Baby Bush was a legacy, like Bluto was a legacy to the Deltas in Animal House.
2006-07-26 12:53:43 · answer #7 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 reasons for this. They are money and connections. It's highly unfair because people like him take the seats from those who actually deserve to be there.
2006-07-27 04:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by Garfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like your points! I have one answer: Daddy. The elite in this country scratch each other's backs. I am sure Daddy and GW's financial background had a HUGE part in his acceptance.
2006-07-26 13:24:07 · answer #9 · answered by KateZ5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His old man. It is not too often some one can buy there way to c a ivy league college , but Bush's dad had money, went to that college and was influential. George didn't do well there, he was a cheer leader. Like when he wore that leather fly boys jacket and said MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. it was another production. Phony as hell
2006-07-26 12:57:17 · answer #10 · answered by saltydog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you will learn in time life isn't not about the grades you make, but rather the hands you shake. Therefore, it was Bush's connections that landed him in Yale.
2006-07-26 12:55:32 · answer #11 · answered by Samuel_311_fan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋