A philosophy professor writes:
"I found your discussion of Bush's attitudes and performance at Harvard enlightening. The same attitudes seem to be present still. I have a colleague who tells me that W. made an "A" in a philosophy course while at Yale. I have not been able to confirm this. As a philosophy professor myself, it is hard to imagine that a person with these sorts of attitudes and responses could have made such a grade. And I have doubts as to the accuracy of what he is telling me, not because I think he might deliberately mislead me, but that his sources might be wrong.
"Do you have any information on this? Do you know if it is true? If so, is there any information available that you know of that would explain how he managed it?"
Anyone know?
UPDATE: A quick response. Renato Mariotti writes:
"Here's a link to Bush's Yale transcript...Bush took three philosophy courses and got a 75, 88, and 78. I assume that means his highest grade is a B+ (the 88)."
ANOTHER UPDATE: A graduate student at Yale writes:
"I'm writing with a vague suspicion that W's Yale transcript linked to from your site is a fake. (I know, sore subject right now, but...) What flagged it for me was the inclusion of Skull and Bones on his activity list. I have no firsthand knowledge of their actual disclosure practices, but it strikes me as extremely unlikely that a nominally secret society would emblazon itself on its members' transcripts. Put that together with the site's obviously (and hilariously) parodic slant, and...
"Frankly, I kinda hope it is a fake, because his grades aren't THAT bad for
the late '60s."
Recent Comments