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com) \_ yeah 4 Ds vs 1 D \_ 5 (Kerry) vs 1 (Bush) \_ Same grades, but Kerry raised up his GPA in his junior and senior years while Bush kept it the same. I'd have to say that the last well educated president was Carter (PhD Nuclear Engineering). If Bush joins the frat, drinks beer, and parties all day and still manages to gets a C average than studious Kerry, then Kerry is just plain dumb. mode=PF The Boston Globe Yale grades portray Kerry as a lackluster student His 4- year average on par with Bush's By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | June 7 , 2005 WASHINGTON -- During last year's presidential campaign, John F Ke rry was the candidate often portrayed as intellectual and complex, while George W Bush was the populist who mangled his sentences. But newly rel eased records show that Bush and Kerry had a virtually ident ical grade average at Yale University four decades ago. In 1999, The New Yorker pub lished a transcript indicating that Bush had r eceived a cumulative scor e of 77 for his first three years at Yale and a roughly similar average under a non-numerical rating system during his senior year. Kerry, who g raduated two years before Bush, got a cumulative 76 for his f our years, according to a transcript that Kerry sent to the Navy when he was apply ing for officer training school. He received four D's in his f reshman y ear out of 10 courses, but improved his average in later years. The grad e transcript, which Kerry has always declined to release, was inc luded in his Navy record. During the campaign the Globe sought Kerry's n aval records, but he refused to waive privacy restrictions for the full file. Late last month, Kerry gave the Navy permission to send the docume nts to the Globe. Kerry appeared to be responding to critics who suspected t hat there might be damaging information in the file about his activities in Vietnam. Th e military and medical records, however, appear identica l to what Kerry has already released. This marks the first time Kerry's grades have been publicly reported. The transcript shows that Kerry's fr eshman-year average was 71. He scored a 61 in geology, a 63 and 68 in tw o history classes, and a 69 in politi cal science. His top score was a 7 9, in another political science course . Another of his strongest effort s, a 77, came in French class. 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 addition t o Kerry's four D's in his freshm an year, he received one D in his sopho more year. Kerry's weak grades came despite years of education at some o f the world' s most elite prep schools, ranging from Fessenden School in Massachusett s to St. It is noteworthy, however, that Kerry received a high honor at Yale despi te his mediocre grades: He was chosen to delive r his senior class oratio n, a testament to his reputation as a public s peaker. He delivered a spe ech questioning the wisdom of the Vietnam War , in which he would soon se e combat. Kerry gradually improved his grade s, averaging 81 in his senior year. His highest single grade was an 89, for a political science class in his se nior year. Despite his slow star t, he went on to be a top student at Nav al Candidate School, command a patrol boat in Vietnam, graduate from law school, and become a prosecuto r, lieutenant governor, US senator, and p residential candidate. In his Navy application, Kerry made clear that he spent much of his colle ge ti me on extracurricular activities, including the Yale Political Unio n, t he Debating Association, soccer, hockey, fencing, and membership in the elite Skull and Bones Society. Asked to describe nonschool training that qualified him for the Navy, Kerry wrote: ''A great deal of sailing -- o cean and otherwise, including some navigation. He said his special inter ests were ''filming, " writing, and politics, noting that the latter sub ject occupied 15 hour s per week. Gaddis Smith, a retired Yale history p rofessor who taught both Kerry and Bush, said in a telephone interview t hat he vividly remembers Kerry as a student during the 1964-1965 school year, when Kerry would have been a junior. However, Smith said he doesn' t have a specific memory about Bush . Based on what Smith recalls teachi ng that year, Kerry scored a 71 and 79 in two of Smith's courses. When S mith was told those scores, he responde d: ''Uh, oh. Those aren't very g ood grade s" To put the grades in perspective, Smith said that he had a well-earn ed reputation for being tough, and noted that such grades woul d probably be about 10 points higher in a similar class today because of the impac t of what he called ''grade inflation." his highest grades we re 88s in anthr opology, history, and philosophy, according to The New Y orker article. H e received one D in his four years, a 69 in astronomy. Like Kerry, Bush reportedly suffered through a difficult freshman year a n d then pulled his grades up. com Schilling pitches season-low 5 innings Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek talk s with pitcher Curt Schilling in the second inning in Toronto Thursday n ight. Judge refuses to stop gay marriages A federal judge today rejected a last-minute bid by conservative groups to block the nation's first st ate-sanctioned gay marriages from taking place in Mass. New bishop criti cized for comparing critic to convicted pedophile The new bishop of the Springfield Diocese apologized today for comparing an outspoken priest a nd critic of church policies to a convicted pedophile. Animals on this m enu were treated humanely before slaughter A Virginia pub became the fir st in the nation to get an animal welfare group's stamp of approval for the humane treatment of the animals on its menu. Striking concern The Re d Sox were an offensive juggernaut last season, but so far this year the ir defining offensive stats have been strikeouts and men left on base. L ist of all Globe chatters REPORTERS' QUESTIONS WORKING DURING THE DNC: D o you work in Boston and plan to take the week of July 26 to 29th off be cause the Democratic National Convention? The Globe is seeking creative students who've discovered they can reap the benefits at other schools' career centers. DOING LAUNDRY: Do you do wash your clothes at a laundrom at? 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