I hate defending this guy.....but—SAT scores were done differently back then. A 1300 would have been considered a good score. Certainly good enough to get into Occidental.
But, that is the only good thing I will say.
I guess I am defending my own 1200 from the same era. And I have scored at genius levels on IQ tests. I am such a disappointment to my mother.
I was about to say the same thing. As a matter of fact, I don’t believe that Obama could have scored a 1350. I’d like to see some proof. He’s just not that smart. A 1350 would have gotten a Black student into any school in the country. The schools didn’t need government ordered affirmative action to force them to admit well qualified Black students, they were hungry for them.