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Donald Trump attended Fordham University for two years (ending spring 1966) before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where he completed a B.S. in economics in 1968 . Rep...
Kelley School of Business consistently performs at the top of U.S. rankings for its online MBA while its undergraduate program sits comfortably in the U.S. top 10 and the full‑time MBA hovers in the U...
Donald J. Trump earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1968 after spending two years at Fordham University and then transferring to Wharton a...
Multiple contemporary accounts trace the remark “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had” to a close friend’s recollection of late Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley, as rep...
Multiple long-standing accounts say Wharton marketing professor William T. Kelley told his friend Frank DiPrima that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn student I ever had,” a line carried in outlet...
Donald J. Trump earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in May 1968, a fact repeatedly stated in university and media accounts...
Fairfield University’s Charles F. Dolan School of Business shows a pattern of strong specialty and regional performance alongside modest overall graduate-program placements: it ranks notably high in u...
There is no credible reporting showing that Donald Trump publicly called a student "the dumbest"; instead the widely circulated phrase in media and social posts—“Donald Trump was the dumbest goddamn s...
Contemporary reporting and archival records show Donald Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in May 1968, but available contempor...
A widely repeated anecdote holds that William T. Kelley, a longtime Wharton marketing professor, called Donald J. Trump “the dumbest goddamn student I ever had,” a claim traced almost entirely to Fran...
No available sources explicitly state a formal Wharton policy in the 1960s–1970s that required SAT scores from transfer applicants from Fordham; contemporary accounts about notable transfers (e.g., Do...
Wharton’s undergraduate admits consistently post very high SATs — multiple outlets report averages around 1528–1532 and ranges commonly cited near 1480–1570 — and analysts say scores remain an importa...
Donald J. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in May 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics, a fact repeated across multiple contemporary profiles an...
Chinese students in U.S. universities predominantly concentrate in , though the balance shifts by degree level and data source; graduate-level Chinese enrollment is particularly heavy in business (MBA...
Kelley’s strong specialty rankings — with multiple undergraduate specialties in the U.S. News top 10 — correlate with high measurable outcomes: near-universal internship participation, very high place...
No sourced reporting in the materials you provided says William T. Kelley testified against Donald Trump in any court case; all items recount Kelley’s alleged classroom comment that “Donald Trump was ...
Reported average undergraduate GPAs for Wharton students vary by program and source: Wharton’s MBA admit pools are commonly reported around 3.6–3.7 (several outlets cite 3.6–3.7 for MBA admits) while ...
Multiple outlets and archival profiles report that William Kelley, a late Wharton marketing professor, allegedly told friends that “Donald Trump was the dumbest goddam student I ever had,” a line repe...
No publicly verified SAT score for Donald Trump is available in the provided reporting; multiple sources say his SAT scores and some academic records were never publicly released and that Michael Cohe...
Mary Trump’s 2020 book alleges Donald Trump paid “Joe Shapiro, a smart kid with a reputation for being a good test taker” to take the SAT for him; that allegation was widely reported and prompted call...