so you dont have to have any college  at all to be president of the united states?
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No, but you do have to be born in the U.S.. I'm not sure about having a previous criminal record, perhaps someone can chime in and advise.
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Mandatory college would just create another need for another system to weed out people from others. No colleges in the world are free. We pay for colleges on the backs of working people. In Europe, they have stringent exam that makes sure that only a low percentage (since college is free) get into colleges. Most kids at young age in Europe are either routed into the college track or trade tracks.
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If you mean the President, Andrew Johnson never attended school. He began his informal education while serving as an apprentice.  His (future) wife taught him to read and write when he was 17.
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Nope. You only get a "high school" diploma from a high school. You can get a GED on your own.
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Neither is Sacagawea or Alexander Hamilton or Salmon P. Chase, and they are all featured on U.S. money, as well.  It's not a requirement to be President to be featured on U.S. money.
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You are a college graduate if you have a degree.  It doesn't matter if it's an associates , bachelor's, masters, whatever.
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Yes, it is definitely possible to have a nice life without a college degree.  A lot of successful people start their own businesses without it.  If you want to work for somebody, I would recommend getting a degree.  Without it, you will not get far in corporate America.  If you wouldn't mind starting your own business or something like that, you definitely don't need a degree.  Good luck with everything.
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the US is special? the president belongs in a special school.
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There are usually certain requirements that need to be met. You can find out about some of them from your state department of education or board of regents for colleges. You can't simply start your own college and give yourself degrees without paying tuition, though. Ask them about something called accreditation.
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Scoopmorgan is correct as the earliest Presidents obviously could not have been born in the US since it hadn't been formed yet. \n\nHowever, Scoopmorgan is not correct as the citizenship requirement was in the original Constitution, and not in an amendment. I believe the Constitution says that a person must be born a US citizen in order to qualify to be President. In that case, someone born overseas to US citizens is still considered a natural born citizen, and is therefore qualified to become President.
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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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NO, Section One of Article II of the U.S. Constitution establishes the requirements one must meet in order to become President. The president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States \nThe only time recently that the natural-born citizenship requirement has been implicated in regard to a presidential candidate was in 1968. That year, Michigan Governor George W. Romney was a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. Romney had been born in Chihuahua, Mexico to American parents. However, Romney's campaign fizzled and the question was never seriously discussed.
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The political playing field is really open to just about all citizens of the US (except president where you have to be born in the US in addition to being a citizen). However, it would be difficult for you to gather votes if no one knows you neh?\n\nMoney talks, if you don't have the money, you have to start small and slowly work  up to the national scene.
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Actually, you don't have to even have a degree to be a lawyer. You just have to pass the bar exam. Good luck doing that without goint to law school. To go to law school, you need a bachelors degree usually. Abraham lincoln was a lawyer, yet he didn't even graduate high school. Of course that was 150+ years ago.
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I can think of at least one American President that got an MBA from Harvard.  Come to think of it, he is the current President.
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No you don't have to have a degree in it to keep up with current affairs or politics. Just take some courses and keep studying on your own. Watch C-SPAN, CNN, Fox, and public broadcasting stations. Just read widely and you will do fine.
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you'd have to go to the student aid office or whatever, not a professor.