Democratic Primaries

pnwmom

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14. You probably also know that Harvard was giving almost all its graduates a degree with honors,

Thu Nov 28, 2019, 02:09 AM

Nov 2019

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They thought all their students deserve them. In 2004, Mayor Pete's graduation year, it was 90%.

Now Harvard's trying to keep the total down to 60%. Meanwhile, only 15% of Stanford students graduate with "distinction," based on their GPA's.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/4/30/rising-GPA-cutoffs-honors/

A 2002 Faculty vote set 60 percent as the maximum portion of each class that can earn honors. That policy change aimed to make Latin honors more exclusive — more than 90 percent of the Class of 2004 graduated with honors.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Quinnipiac: "Which candidate do you think is most intelligent?" [View all] brooklynite Nov 2019 OP

Says more about the poll respondents than the candidates maximusveritas Nov 2019 #1

Why is Buttigieg more academically successful than the African American, Cory Booker? pnwmom Nov 2019 #3

Booker himself admits he only got into Stanford because of his football abilities maximusveritas Nov 2019 #4

What? SaschaHM Nov 2019 #5

So number of degrees equates to intelligence in your mind? maximusveritas Nov 2019 #9

Booker has much higher degrees than Buttigieg and a lot more of them. Blue_true Nov 2019 #53

I think they're all pretty smart... dawg day Nov 2019 #51

Booker was being modest. He didn't get into Yale law school because of his football. pnwmom Nov 2019 #7

You are comparing apples and oranges. Harvard is well known for passing out pnwmom Nov 2019 #10

I have a nephew that is a good athlete in high school and an excellent student. Blue_true Nov 2019 #54

Booker managed to do well enough academically, despite his heavy football schedule, pnwmom Nov 2019 #57

Good reply, a wee bit defensive, lol. I've decided BootinUp Nov 2019 #13

Why is that a good reply? Are you aware that Harvard gives honors to about 90% of its graduates, pnwmom Nov 2019 #16

Because it's the posters opinion, and because BootinUp Nov 2019 #17

I don't think it's a coincidence that the three at the bottom of the list pnwmom Nov 2019 #19

One factor seems to be familiarity or popularity BootinUp Nov 2019 #21

Bollocks, Buttigieg graduated magna cum laude, it is a flat Celerity Nov 2019 #29

I didn't say 90% graduated magna cum laude. But because of grade inflation at Harvard, pnwmom Nov 2019 #44

Well, my son was borderline acceptance into helpisontheway Nov 2019 #36

It is interesting that I've heard Buttigieg is a Rhodes Scholar but I never heard the same about JonLP24 Nov 2019 #26

Booker was a very elite Rhodes Scholar. nt Blue_true Nov 2019 #55

"but Mayor Pete only has a BA." madaboutharry Nov 2019 #30

Who would learn a language treestar Nov 2019 #59

Pete for sure Groundhawg Nov 2019 #39

I wonder why Booker, Klobuchar, and Castro are at the bottom of the list. pnwmom Nov 2019 #2

It really says something doesn't it. SaschaHM Nov 2019 #6

It sure is. pnwmom Nov 2019 #8

Full disclosure: I have an BA in Computer Science from Yale. SaschaHM Nov 2019 #12

You probably also know that Harvard was giving almost all its graduates a degree with honors, pnwmom Nov 2019 #14

You are completely correct. Sloumeau Nov 2019 #24

Judging how smart someone is based on how they talk isn't accurate JonLP24 Nov 2019 #28

I agree that trying to figure out how smart someone is based solely on how they speak is not Sloumeau Nov 2019 #32

Yeah I don't know about all that, people listen to all BootinUp Nov 2019 #15

Right. But maybe they're perceiving their appearance as much as what they say. nt pnwmom Nov 2019 #20

What a bullshit question. Get real. WheelWalker Nov 2019 #11

+1 Celerity Nov 2019 #31

Mayor Pete, hands down. SergeStorms Nov 2019 #18

Booker is a Rhodes scholar with honors. Booker also graduated from Stanford pnwmom Nov 2019 #22

Buttigieg graduated with an Oxford First in his PPE programme Celerity Nov 2019 #25

They didn't give a statistic for how many graduated magna, but with 90% graduating cum laude pnwmom Nov 2019 #42

I was not comparing him to Booker or anyone else, and he was one of only 6 Harvard students to earn Celerity Nov 2019 #47

The ARTICLE in the OP is all about comparing the Presidential candidates, and has Buttigieg pnwmom Nov 2019 #49

the 'article' is a tweet of a dodgy poll question that is a priori going to yield biased Celerity Nov 2019 #50

If they all met the standards treestar Nov 2019 #60

Amy Klobuchar went to Yale madaboutharry Nov 2019 #23

Completely meaningless, many people just say their candidates Celerity Nov 2019 #27

Asking a group of overwhelmingly white people... TidalWave46 Nov 2019 #33

This! is the most ridiculous discussion I have seen in quite a while. vsrazdem Nov 2019 #34

Yep. They're all far more intelligent than MF45. nt babylonsister Nov 2019 #35

That's kind of a stupid question PJMcK Nov 2019 #37

You might as well ask 20 people at your Thanksgiving meal, Croney Nov 2019 #38

Where you went to school is no indicator that you're "smarter" than anyone else. oldsoftie Nov 2019 #40

And one of the dumbest people we know was smart enough to become President of the U.S. n/t pnwmom Nov 2019 #43

I left out the most obvious example! oldsoftie Nov 2019 #46

+1000. "I know a few people who NEVER went to college who are far smarter... Kind of Blue Nov 2019 #45

A silly poll for entertainment only... TreasonousBastard Nov 2019 #41

ALL our candidates obviously have high IQs. But being smart isn't the only important highplainsdem Nov 2019 #48

Now, there is a useless poll. MineralMan Nov 2019 #52

"Which candidate do you think is most intelligent?" myohmy2 Nov 2019 #56

They are Einsteins treestar Nov 2019 #58