How did Bush get into Yale? Did he earn it or something else?
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And the timely ramblings of thompj64us once again. Unfounded as always.\n\nConnections play a part in college entrance, as it does in the real job world. But it is not like you can get anyone in anywhere AND have them pass. Bush met the entrance requirements and actually held a slightly higher GPA than his most recent opponent, John Kerry.\n\nBecause Bush went to Yale, does that make him inherently brilliant? Nope. Just as going to community college does not make you inherently mediocre. Bush is not the smartest President, nor do I believe him to be the dumbest in any way, shape, or form.\n\n*******\nHoneydew.. Cheerleading SQUAD, not scholarship for cheerleading. Many men have been on cheerleading squads throughout the history of colleges and college athletics in American history.
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All this time, I thought the people (kinda) selected him. W was such a good leader with his savings and loan (sarcasm), and then the Texas Rangers, the brilliant people of Texas decided he should run that state (into the ground) also. After his overwhelming success at that endevour and the difficulty of deciding who was the lessor of two evils for the 2000 presidency, he was elected (albeit, with less votes than his opposition) as the President of the U.S. While Jeb was originally considered the heir apparent, W's ability as a leader overwhelmed the influential leaders of big business. He was perfect; he could sing and dance and do whatever he was told, all the while convincing the American public that everything he did was in their best interest. Increase deficit spending? Yay, let's do; it'll help make our kids work harder. Ignore global warming? Yay, it's too cold in the winter anyhow. Jeb couldn't have done this as well, he was too smart for his own good; maybe even has a mind of his own.
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He's a MORON of privilege, his daddy has a lot of friends in high places who look out for him i.e. "Dead Eye Dick". That's how he got into Yale and STOLE his first presidency.
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how did Bush become president? People are stupid. get used to it.\n\nthats BS about Public Saftey Salaries
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shhhhhhhhhh!   Don't say that on your home phone... LOL...\nas for bush being a Master mind not a chance in hell Bush graduated from Yale University with a low C average.\nhe was a cheerleader.\n\nHe is the worlds biggest screw up...    Cheney planed 9&#92;11 for him & bushs ... to a republican its all about money & power ... they don't care that we have lost 4034 boys to make this dirty war for them....  \n\nImpeach Bush & Cheney ... Get out in vote for a better change this November......    Go Democrat~!
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He wasn't an undergraduate at Yale, he got his law degree (JD) there. Clinton received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (B.S.F.S.) degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
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I think GWB went to Yale. He is, after all, a Connecticut yankee. Yale is a good school, though, unless you can get into Harvard (Just playing off a rivalry, here)
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Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, \nthe former Taliban ambassador-at-large. \nwho is now studying at Yale, also played a cameo role in Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9-11" cleverly constructed propaganda attack against President Bush. \n\nTo be honest with you its the first time i have heard about this story. Seems to me that Yale has made a bit of a Blunder. But i dare say that he is being watched very carefully. like the old saying goes "Better the devil you, know than the devil you don't"\nAnd i would also like to think if the UK Prime Ministers son attends Yale he will have full Protection.\n\nHey crazy D. \nWho the hell made you god. that you can just insult people on this site when ever the mood takes you. Does your Mother know that you are messing about with her computer. maybe instead of being such an asshole you should take your medicine and go beddy bye's.
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He is an idiot, but aren't we all sometimes? He's done some bad things, but he'll be out soon. \n\nPS. In Yale and Harvard or whatever he went to, he made a good solid C average (which an idiot can and apparently does make), his daddy was the only reason he was able to even get into either school because he gave them very nice donations (I mean look at all the pseudo-celebs who get into places like Harvard and Yale, I doubt it was because of a killer SAT score). What did W excell in? Well, I hear he was a great cheerleader. \npss. I'm in Texas and voted for Kerry even though I knew it was hopeless here, and I was very very right. \n\nAnd IQ tests are generally valid depending on which one you take. Taking online ones are usually not a good reference, but if you were to call up a psychologist or someone in that area and ask to be tested for IQ, they would probably have a much more accurate version. I would also look into MENSA, the orginization that accepts extraordinarily smart people based on their IQ score and how many standard deviations they are from the normal score of 100. It's also used to pick out mentally retarded children when tested early on in their school year, and are usually considered to be retarded with a score of 70-75 and below. To be of genius status, or at least very much above average status, you usually need about a 130, I think MENSA accepts people who have scores of about 150 or more.
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Apply to a college, and try to get a student visa.The former spokesman for the Taliban is attending Yale, how bad could you be?
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I find it odd that an Ivy league graduate is constantly labled stupid.  Otherwise he is merely the focal point of everyone's miscontent with things not going the way they think they should.  Bush does not make or enforce law, but it's easier for the mind to comprehend blaming one man (the president) instead of congress (535 people) or the justice department.
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If G.Bush had had a good psychic back in 2000, he would have stayed in Texas. They may have psychic classes at Yale but as G. Bush said, "I went to Yale, but I didn't let it go to my head."\n\nSo, as G. Bush would say, my answer is huh?
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He got George W. Bush elected to the Presidency of the United States twice.\n\nI liken that to winning the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness with a plow horse.\n\nI hate him but he is very effective.
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As a student's secret society at Yale, Skull and Bones had access to a pool of great, if impressionable, intellects over the years (as well as a few doofuses who enjoyed fortunate family connections). The known and alleged list of Bonesmen includes (but is not limited to):\n\n    * Sen. Prescott Bush (father to George H.W.)\n    * President George HW Bush\n    * President George W Bush\n    * President William H. Taft\n    * Sen. John Kerry\n    * Sen. David Boren\n    * Sen. John Heinz\n    * Author Archibald McLeish\n    * Rhodes scholar Robert McCallum\n    * Super-wealthy venture capitalist William Draper\n    * DCI Richard Helms\n    * William F. Buckley\n    * SEC chairman William Donaldson\n    * TIME magazine publisher Henry Luce\n    * W. Averell Harriman
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Skull and Bones is the most prestigious secret society at Yale University. There are also several other secret societies at Yale University. and yes, in the 2004 Presidential election, both major candidates are members of that society - makes you wonder if they are plotting world domination?\n\nIn New Haven, they have a building, which is called the Tomb, where they hold their meetings, etc.\n\nRead this article about Skull and Bones from 60 minutes, in 2003
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President Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas.
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In my opinion, the best way to get into a big name school/ivy is to convince the admissions staff that your interests/professional needs fit perfectly with their programs. They want to see kids that know what they want to do and will utilize their resources immediately (and then become super sucessful and make big time money). You need to convince Yale that their grad program is the only one for you. Research Yale's classes, professors, programs, etc. In addition to getting great grades adn doing all the things you listed, focus your undergrad studies and extracurriculars on a field that will set you up perfectly for a program that you are interested in and that is uniquely Yale.  \n\nThis process worked for both me and a close friend of mine. I will be attending Cornell next semester. My friend is enrolled at Columbia as a grad student.\n\nGood luck.