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Exclusive: The Vetting—Did Obama Have Lower SAT Scores Than George W. Bush?
Breitbart ^ | 05/22/2012 | Charles C. Johnson

Posted on 05/22/2012 10:25:12 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Breitbart News has learned that the transfer class that entered Columbia College in the fall of 1981 with Obama was one of the worst in recent memory, according to Columbia officials at the time.

A Nov. 18, 1981 article in the Columbia Spectator, “Tight Housing Discourages Transfer Applications to CC,” written by student Jeremy Feldman and quoting admissions officials, reported: “On paper at least, the quality of the students accepted [as transfers] has declined along with the number of applicants, the officials say.”

Feldman, quoting Robert Boatti, Assistant Dean of Admissions, as well as the late college Dean Arnold Collery, continued:

Boatti also attributed the drop in transfer application to the College’s policy of requiring transfer students to take courses in its core curriculum and to the limited availability of financial aid for them.

He added a “majority” of the transfers come here from college in the New York area. Many come from community colleges, rather than the nation’s top schools.

“Even the unhappiest people don’t transfer from Harvard,” Boatti said.

In grades and other indicators of academic performance, the crop of transfer applicants “doesn’t stand out the way they did before,” [Dean Arnold] Collery said.

Boatti confirmed Collery’s observations. …

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: columbia; columbiacollege; naturalborncitizen; obamasatscore
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To: Havisham
Colombia University is the ivy.

Colombia is in South America. It's Columbia University in New York and the undergraduate college is called Columbia College.

41 posted on 05/22/2012 11:56:29 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: stephenjohnbanker
I think that's the reasons all of his records area secret. It's quite likely he was matriculated through college with some help.

However, he has some smarts because he did pass the Illinois Bar Exam, even though he later had his license taken away because (allegedly) of a fraudulent application.

42 posted on 05/22/2012 12:02:46 PM PDT by Baynative (REMEMBER: Without America there is no free world!)
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To: Olog-hai

Breitbart would not have run this headline if they didn’t already know the answer.

Their modus operandi is:

(1) put a teaser out
(2) wait and let the left react and spin the story
(3) put out the fact proving the truth, which causes the left to get tangled up in their (now obvious) web of lies

Either Obama’s SAT scores were lower, or he never took the SAT and was admitted to college due to some special circumstance.


43 posted on 05/22/2012 12:03:56 PM PDT by Brookhaven (Don't mistake my vote for Romney as a vote FOR Romney, it's a vote against Obama.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Wouldn’t Satan be his mentor?


44 posted on 05/22/2012 12:09:24 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: SampleMan
Does anyone know what a 1/32 Cherokee score is worth?

A free recipe for some French food?

45 posted on 05/22/2012 12:16:12 PM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: arrogantsob

Or a close cousin or uncle of his! LOL!


46 posted on 05/22/2012 12:18:17 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Cowboy Bob

CIA scholarship.


47 posted on 05/22/2012 12:20:06 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

So that is the Uncle Nick he refers to?


48 posted on 05/22/2012 12:25:41 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: Baynative

” However, he has some smarts because he did pass the Illinois Bar Exam”

I would have to see him take the test in the flesh


49 posted on 05/22/2012 12:31:52 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: arrogantsob

It very well could be!


50 posted on 05/22/2012 12:48:26 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Olog-hai

His verbal was probably 500 or less, out of 800. His math would probably be below 400, out of 800.

I’ll guess he had an 850 SAT, out of 1600. But it could be much lower.


51 posted on 05/22/2012 3:46:24 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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52 posted on 05/22/2012 4:44:24 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: dead
Or, also possible, is that Breitbart has his SATs, but not legally. Then they can only use the information to rattle and taunt.

There are any number of ways to post them anonymously.

Personally, if I were them, I'd post them whether they are 'legal' or not, and dare the administration to come after them.

53 posted on 05/22/2012 4:53:26 PM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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To: Brookhaven

Hawaii Prep school in 78, he took the SAT. No doubt about it.


54 posted on 05/22/2012 6:54:24 PM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Olog-hai

Back then, if you chose to, you could fill out a small questionnaire when taking the SAT that listed your self-reported GPA and your intended program of study. This info was sent to a bazillion colleges and universities for recruiting purposes.

I bet someone looked into the records at a couple of schools Obama would consider and found them pretty easily, given Obama’s unusual name.

Also, I am 99% confidant that his high school would force its students to take the PSAT in 10th grade. These tests were used in determining National Merit Scholar candidates. If Obama scored over 1300 (old scale) on the PSAT, his name would be in the local paper as a Semi-Finalist. If not, then he scored below this level.
Someone in Hawaii needs to look up the old newspapers CA 1978.

Back then, a 1300 was a bare minimum to get into an Ivy, unless one was a minority.


55 posted on 05/22/2012 7:14:43 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Actually, the PSAT range would be 1976-1978


56 posted on 05/22/2012 7:16:39 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: ladyjane

I think the speller on my Android did that. I always designate Columbia University because there is an online school that goes by ‘Columbia College’. My daughter chose Penn and turned down Harvard. Columbia was never a candidate.


57 posted on 05/30/2012 12:14:29 AM PDT by Havisham
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To: Olog-hai; All

These wealthy schools have what are called “named scholarships” from private donors. The donors rely on the school’s financial aid office to assign these to students. Once a student is accepted for admission the school makes enrollment possible through these funds. The well is deep at the ivy schools and cost really is no object. There are also grants awarded from the schools’ endowment income, which is in the billions.


58 posted on 05/30/2012 9:17:03 AM PDT by Havisham
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To: Olog-hai; All

These wealthy schools have what are called “named scholarships” from private donors. The donors rely on the school’s financial aid office to assign these to students. Once a student is accepted for admission the school makes enrollment possible through these funds. The well is deep at the ivy schools and cost is really no object. There are also grants awarded from the schools’ endowment income, which is are the billions. Once Obama got over the ivy enrollment hurdle, he was home free.


59 posted on 05/30/2012 9:21:29 AM PDT by Havisham
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