Bush's Sandwich maker to Harvard

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

I learned a lot more by checking 8-10 news sources a day and traveling across the country than I did in 4 years of undergrad.

There's something we can agree on, but that doesn't have a thing to do with putting a politically connected person into one of the most respected graduate schools in the country without an undergraduate degree.

It isn't fair to other applicants and it dilutes the worth of the university and the degree.

[shinerbock]

Well, it may not be fair, I don't know much about the kid. However, I can only imagine that being the personal assistant to Bush is quite the experience. Let the people who don't get into HBS be angry, but if the kid isn't ready, he probably won't cut it.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

It isn't fair to other applicants and it dilutes the worth of the university and the degree.

I don't agree with that. How is it any different than the idiotic son or daughter of a wealthy donor getting into Harvard based on their father's donations? One student doesn't change the reputation.

[shinerbock]

Well, this is slightly off the topic because the kid doesn't have a degree...but people get into top schools all the time because of other reasons than grades and test scores. GPA especially has very little bearing on success. There are a lot of brain-dead people in the world who blew through undergrad with a 3.98.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Well, this is slightly off the topic because the kid doesn't have a degree...but people get into top schools all the time because of other reasons than grades and test scores. GPA especially has very little bearing on success. There are a lot of brain-dead people in the world who blew through undergrad with a 3.98.

the point is that the kid didn't have a gpa in the first place. he's a freshman dropout. didn't do a sophomore, junior, or senior year.