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SETH HALPERN's avatar

Believe it or not, the typical Ivy Leaguer is not a stand in for Noel Coward or William F. Buckley, Jr. The DeSantis we see is the real DeSantis, doubtless going all the way back to high school.

Also, don't forget that Trump himself graduated from an Ivy League college which this year admitted only 4% of its applicants. 🙄

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Cheerio's avatar

GW admitted and graduated from Yale... with his C average. Clearly... it is all about the social elitism, not the intelligence.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

Well, his dad went there and was a great student and a war hero, so Dubya could have talked to himself and he’d have had an in.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

Well, yeah. Jared Kushner’s dad had to give the school a building to get him in.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

That makes you a notable exception. I think Harvard’s at 60% legacy now.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

And Ron went to his Ivy on a baseball scholarship.

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Cheerio's avatar

Really? He is pretty short for a scholarship athlete.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

He was captain of Yale’s baseball team.

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