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An admissions officer recalls it differently.PHILADELPHIA James Nolan was working in the University of Pennsylvanias admissions office in 1966 when he got a phone call from one of his closest friends, Fred Trump Jr. It was a plea to help Freds younger brother, Donald Trump, get into Penns Wharton School.
He called me and said, You remember my brother Donald? Which I didnt, Nolan, 81, said in an interview with The Washington Post. He said, Hes at Fordham and he would like to transfer to Wharton. Will you interview him? I was happy to do that.
Soon, Donald Trump arrived at Penn for the interview, accompanied by his father, Fred Trump Sr., who sought to ingratiate himself, Nolan said.
Nolan, who said he was the only admissions official to talk to Trump, was required to give Trump a rating, and he recalled, It must have been decent enough to support his candidacy.
For decades, Trump has cited his attendance at what was then called the Wharton School of Finance as evidence of his intellect. He has said he went to the hardest school to get into, the best school in the world, calling it super genius stuff, and, as recently as last month, pointed to his studies there as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative economist Arthur Laffer.
But Trump, who questioned the academic standing of then-President Barack Obama, has never released records showing how he got into the school or how he performed once he was there. And, until now, Nolans detailed account of Trumps admission process has not been publicly disclosed.
Nolan, who spoke to The Post recently at his apartment here, said that Im sure the family hoped he could help get Trump into Wharton. The final decision rested with Nolans boss, who approved the application and is no longer living, according to Nolan.
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(46,130 posts)He was never found on campus during the week-ends. Meaning, no library, no parties, no social life. He drove home to Queens to work for his father.
Trump didn't take a robust curriculum of economics. He focused on courses dealing with real estate.
And remember that he didn't take even the entire four years for a bachelors degree. He transferred from Fordham University after he completed two years. That's only two years at Wharton. He didn't bother for an MBA.
https://fordhamobserver.com/30994/news/inside-trumps-days-at-fordham/
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(118,296 posts)By Jillian Berman
Published: Mar 2, 2019 5:59 a.m. ET
President Donald Trump allegedly went to great lengths to prevent his college grades and SAT scores from becoming public, according to evidence provided to Congress by his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen this week.
Thankfully, most of us dont have to do much to make sure that C in Econ 101 or triple-digit SAT score doesnt come back to haunt us.
As part of his testimony to the House Oversight Committee this week, Cohen presented lawmakers with a copy of a letter he said he wrote in 2016 to Trumps former schools and the The College Board the nonprofit that administers the SAT threatening legal action if they released his academic information ...
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/you-dont-need-a-lawyer-to-threaten-your-college-to-keep-your-grades-private-2019-02-28
struggle4progress
(118,296 posts)Feb 27, 2019 2:37 PM EDT
... In a statement, Fordham spokesman Bob Howe confirmed Cohens account. He said that while Trump was campaigning for the presidential election, someone from his team called the university for assurance that it would not release any of Trumps records. Officials confirmed they would not share the records with anyone except Trump ...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fordham-university-confirms-cohen-warned-it-not-to-disclose-trumps-grades