Kerry's Yale Grades made public......

[Equalizer]

Tweet(06-07) BOSTON (AP)


Sen. John F. Kerry's grade average at Yale University was virtually identical to President Bush's record there, despite repeated portrayals of Kerry as the more intellectual candidate during the 2004 presidential campaign.


Kerry had a cumulative average of 76 and got four Ds his freshman year — in geology, two history courses and political science, The Boston Globe reported Tuesday.


His grades improved with time, and he averaged an 81 his senior year and earned an 89 — his highest grade — in political science as a senior.


"I always told my dad that D stood for distinction," Kerry said in a written response to reporters' questions. He said he has previously acknowledged focusing more on learning to fly than studying.


Under Yale's grading system in effect at the time, grades between 90 and 100 equaled an A, 80-89 a B, 70-79 a C, 60 to 69 a D, and anything below that was a failing grade.


In 1999, The New Yorker magazine published a transcript showing Bush had a cumulative grade average of 77 his first three years at Yale, and a similar average under a non-numerical rating system his senior year.


Bush's highest grade at Yale was an 88 in anthropology, history and philosophy. He received one D in his four years, a 69 in astronomy, and improved his grades after his freshman year, the transcript showed.


Kerry, a Democrat, previously declined to release the transcript, which was included in his Navy records. He gave the Navy permission to release the documents last month, the Globe reported.


Kerry graduated from Yale in 1966, Bush in 1968.

[SUGARBABY]

TweetWhy would he give them permission to release those? I sure as heck wouldn't!

[Equalizer]

TweetI dunno he gave the Navy the ok to do it last month......There is a reason for it, Im guessing he is gonna run for office again and is putting it out there maybe so he doesnt have to deal with the shock and aawww of it during a campaign if it would come out. Whatever it is a High B average is pretty damn good in my book for Yale especially. From experiences with friends that go to Ivy league schools I know that the kind of grades kerry and push recieved arent uncommon because they require a great deal more then most colleges and these friends of mine are very intelligent people, more then me easy (at least as far as book smarts) and I have a 3.3 at a good sized university. BOOK SMARTS AND GRADES ARE ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL WHEN DETERMINING SOMEONES INTELLEGENCE IMO.

[jackson vile]

TweetDidn't Bush get a c average? Everyone is saying they got the same grades.

[T-Man007]

TweetRotflmao. Kerry got four D's to Bush's one D.

Yea, he's so much smarter than Bush, NOT!!!!!!!!!

[Merc]

TweetI thought bush got a lot of D's????? I would love to see these guys go through school now a days I have to maintain a 3.5 other wise I get put on probation

[supasaiyan99]

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I thought bush got a lot of D's????? I would love to see these guys go through school now a days I have to maintain a 3.5 other wise I get put on probation

Damn that sucks!!! Are you on a scholarship?

[Merc]

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Damn that sucks!!! Are you on a scholarship?

yep scholarships suck but they pay for everything the business department requires all people that are certified in their majors to have at least a 3.0 if it drops below a 3.0 for two semesters then you are kicked out for a semester.