George bush biography yale gpa
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Kerry, Bush had similar grades at Yale
In contrast to the folksy image of President George W. Bush ’68, the plain-spoken incumbent infamous for his malapropisms, Sen. John Kerry ’66 was often depicted as an effusive intellectual during last year’s presidential race. But according to newly released records, the two men graduated from Yale College with roughly the same grade point average.
A grade transcript attached to Kerry’s Navy file said he averaged a 76 during his undergraduate career, a time when Yale grades were strictly numerical. Bush averaged a 77 during his first three years and a roughly similar average under a short-lived non-numerical system introduced during his senior year, according to his Yale transcript published in a 1999 issue of the New Yorker magazine.
Still, Yale spokeswoman Gila Reinstein said those grades do not necessarily inform each man’s subsequent successes or failures.
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In 2005, the Boston Globe obtained comparable information on John Kerry's undergraduate record at Yale. It shows that Kerry had a cumulate grade average of 76 over
four years in school. His freshman year average was 71 and his senior year average was 81.
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Source: Washington Post |
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March 19, 2000 |
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Kerry at Yale |
First Year Courses: 61 in Geology (grade of D) |
63 and 68 in History (grades of D) |
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69 in Political Science (grade of D) |
Later Year Courses: 79 in Political Science (grade of C) |
77 in French (grade of C) |
Senior Year Courses: 89 in Political Science (grade of B) |
Source: Boston Globe, June 7, 2005 |
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Sen. John F. Kerry's grade average at Yale University was virtually identical to President Bush's record there, despite repeated portrayals of Kerry as the more intellectual candidate during the 2004 presidential campaign.
Kerry had a cumulative average of 76 and got four Ds his freshman year - in geology, two history courses and political science, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.
His grades improved with time, and he averaged an 81 his senior year and earned an 89 - his highest grade - in political science as a senior.
"I always told my dad that D stood for distinction," Kerry said in a written response to reporters' questions. He said he has previously acknowledged focusing more on learning to fly than studying.
Under Yale's grading system in effect at the time, grades between 90 and 100 equaled an A, 80-89 a B, 70-79 a C, 60 to 69 a D, and anything below that was a failing grade.
In 1999, The New Yorker magazine published a transcript showing Bush had a cumulative grade a