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How did ‘less than stellar’ high school student Jared Kushner get into Harvard?
The Guardian ^ | 11/18/2016 | Daniel Golden

Posted on 04/07/2017 7:38:16 PM PDT by AC Beach Patrol

would like to express my gratitude to Jared Kushner for reviving interest in my 2006 book, The Price of Admission. I have never met or spoken with him, and it’s rare in this life to find such a selfless benefactor. Of course, I doubt he became Donald Trump’s son-in-law and consigliere merely to boost my lagging sales, but still, I’m thankful.

My book exposed a grubby secret of American higher education: that the rich buy their underachieving children’s way into elite universities with massive, tax-deductible donations. It reported that New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner had pledged $2.5m to Harvard University not long before his son Jared was admitted to the prestigious Ivy League school, which at the time accepted about one of every nine applicants. (Nowadays, it only takes one out of 20.)


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1 posted on 04/07/2017 7:38:16 PM PDT by AC Beach Patrol
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To: AC Beach Patrol

I remember when they asked the same thing about Zero.

Oh wait! I don’t!


2 posted on 04/07/2017 7:39:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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To: AC Beach Patrol

Has the Guardian published an in-depth expose’ of Obama’s academic records? If not, why not?


3 posted on 04/07/2017 7:40:40 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: El Cid

Or how OMumbles got into Harvard in the first place?


4 posted on 04/07/2017 7:43:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah, the rumor mill says the big O had his school records sealed because his ID listed him as a foreign student.


5 posted on 04/07/2017 7:43:03 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: AC Beach Patrol

This guy spells trouble and has way too much influence ...if they push Bannon out, we’ll know that Trump has sold us out ...


6 posted on 04/07/2017 7:46:09 PM PDT by Neu Pragmatist (Stop the Neo-Cons and Warmongers - No war with Russia- Support Trump in this endeavor)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Obama Party Daughter going there is gonna take up a slot that could have gone to an actual student.
Let’s follow her grades and find out who does her school work for her. Where are the stories releasing her SAT scores?


7 posted on 04/07/2017 7:47:45 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: AC Beach Patrol

How does anyone get into harvard ?

Pay the bill. Buy a wing. Renovate a building. The usual.


8 posted on 04/07/2017 7:47:51 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: AC Beach Patrol

Before we burn the boy all the way to the ground, remember he may have some Bibi recommendations.

It is tempting to trash him all day, though. Boy has zero concept of ‘electorate’.

In fact, ping me to any KushBash threads you post.


9 posted on 04/07/2017 7:48:01 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: AC Beach Patrol

The same way the Kennedys got in ( and how Teddy got readmitted to Harvard after being expelled for cheating ).


10 posted on 04/07/2017 7:48:16 PM PDT by TheCipher (Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
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To: AC Beach Patrol

Not new. Some well- known USA and Canadian colleges were doing this at least as long ago as the sixties


11 posted on 04/07/2017 7:48:23 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I know what you mean. But is this story true?


12 posted on 04/07/2017 7:49:08 PM PDT by jobim
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is “Lunar” less than “Stellar”?


13 posted on 04/07/2017 7:49:20 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: AC Beach Patrol

This is news?
All the ivies are pay to play at this level.
SOP.
The kids that dont get in are the white and Asian ones that can only afford straight tuition + dorm fees.


14 posted on 04/07/2017 7:49:21 PM PDT by buwaya
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No they didn’t, and likely never will.

However, I learned a lot about young Jared when discovering his personal attorney is Jamie Gorelick. She has also been given the role of ETHICS advisor to Ivanka.


15 posted on 04/07/2017 7:49:55 PM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: AC Beach Patrol

How did ‘less than stellar’ high school student Jared Kushner get into Harvard?

Answer: Just like the rest of the dildos there did.


16 posted on 04/07/2017 7:49:57 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: AC Beach Patrol

That’s him?!??!

That babe married him??’

Good Lord.


17 posted on 04/07/2017 7:50:04 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Come on, Affirmative Action. Same with Michelle. But we are not talking about Trump here, just a powerful underling. Who is a life-long liberal Democrat son of convicted felon who has nixed a lot of what was promised to Trump’s voter base. Apparently Jared and Ivanka have intervened to save Planned Parenthood’s funding, etc.


18 posted on 04/07/2017 7:51:21 PM PDT by AC Beach Patrol
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To: jobim

Harvard is primarily for the children of rich, connected people.

Any questions?


19 posted on 04/07/2017 7:51:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Some people consider government to be a necessary evil, others their personal Ponzi scheme.)
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To: Neu Pragmatist

I have a nagging suspicion you are right! Bad news, this kid.


20 posted on 04/07/2017 7:53:50 PM PDT by mikeIII
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