So that means if Øbama didn’t graduate with honors (summa, magna or cum laude) then he could have at best graduated with a 2.99 GPA. That won’t get into most elite grad schools let alone HLS. Yeah, he’s the smartest president we ever had! /s
I'm definitely not trying to defend Barry, but there is another possible explanation. The article also said that he went to Columbia for two years. Is there a minimum number of hours necessary to receive honors, regardless of GPA? You can graduate from some schools with an honors level GPA, and not graduate 'with honors' because you did not take your last x number of hours at that school. I know from personal experience.