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Heh. Get born into the right family and off to Harvard you go.
Does his application make him out to be unworthy? I'm having a difficult time reading bits.
In which quarter of the class is he? 3rd What number out of 110 students is he? 85th What honors has he won in literary or scholastic pursuits? None So JFK was basically just George W. Bush. Interesting.
I'm curious: does anyone know the context of the grades in the application? I saw actual grades listed in three places (pages 3, 17 and 26). He seems to have received scores ranging from 50-85. Are these out of 100? If so, it appears he wasn't a great student. He was ranked 65th out of 110 students (page 17). I'm not questioning his intelligence, he was clearly brilliant. However, I find it interesting that he was an…
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I'm curious: does anyone know the context of the grades in the application? I saw actual grades listed in three places (pages 3, 17 and 26). He seems to have received scores ranging from 50-85. Are these out of 100? If so, it appears he wasn't a great student. He was ranked 65th out of 110 students (page 17). I'm not questioning his intelligence, he was clearly brilliant. However, I find it interesting that he was an…
In which quarter of the class is he? 3rd What number out of 110 students is he? 85th What honors has he won in literary or scholastic pursuits? None So JFK was basically just George W. Bush. Interesting.
I'm curious: does anyone know the context of the grades in the application? I saw actual grades listed in three places (pages 3, 17 and 26). He seems to have received scores ranging from 50-85. Are these out of 100? If so, it appears he wasn't a great student. He was ranked 65th out of 110 students (page 17). I'm not questioning his intelligence, he was clearly brilliant. However, I find it interesting that he was an…
In which quarter of the class is he? 3rd What number out of 110 students is he? 85th What honors has he won in literary or scholastic pursuits? None So JFK was basically just George W. Bush. Interesting.
According to Robert McNamara, JFK's ability to empathise with the Russians' position was very important in resolving the cuban missile crisis. As was his courage in facing down the military who wanted to attack cuba.
Presumably he had also learnt from his mistake in authorising the Bay of Pigs invasion, a project he inherited on coming to office.
In which quarter of the class is he? 3rd What number out of 110 students is he? 85th What honors has he won in literary or scholastic pursuits? None So JFK was basically just George W. Bush. Interesting.
Also, he went to Choate, which is the most elite boarding school in the country.
That said, Harvard, 1935 was far different from Harvard 2010: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/books/review/06brooks.html
"Several reasons: Harvard is cool. Harvard is really cool. My dad went to Harvard. And then I could name-drop Harvard too."