According to Harvard itself, part of his advancement was from affirmative action. However that aspect of it does seem ridiculous to make an issue out of. I know that I've been reverse discriminated against on more than one occasion but I still wouldn't fault someone for taking advantage of what the policy was at that time.
Barack Obama has not released transcripts for his grades from Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law. He has also not released his SAT and LSAT scores. No explanation has been offered for not releasing them.
Per the Wall Street Journal September 11, 2008, "Obama's Lost Years," Obama graduated from Columbia University (to which he transferred after his first two years at Occidental College in California), with a degree in Political Science without honors, so had a GPA less than a 3.3. His roomate Sohale Siddiqi indicated Obama itially felt alienated, felt "very lost," and used drugs to get high, which could have led to low grades initially. The roomate indicates that he then turned serious and "stopped getting high." Obama transferred to Columbia because he was concerned with urban issues. Based on his overall undergraduate GPA of less than a 3.3, Mr. Obama's admission to Harvard Law School
may reflect affirmative action statutes, low grades early, then higher grades later (purely speculation) and/or other factors.
At Harvard Law School, Obama graduated Magna Cum Laude, which, according to the Havard Law School website, is awarded to the top 10% of Harvard Law School students.
Also at Harvard Law School, Obama was accepted as one of 85-90 Editors of the Harvard Law Review, out of an estimated 1,000 students from the 2L and 3L classes that might have sought this honor. Obama was also elected President of the Law Review, which according to a Harvard Law spokesperson is not based at all on academics, but on other measures as would occure in any club.
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_Barack_Obama's_grades_in_college#ixzz1KsDDALHzSo one group never being satisfied and the other satisfied pretty much rehashed all over again and meanwhile the agenda marches on of the Bush doctrine with preemptive war, gitmo still operating and no end of the Patriot Act in sight or even being loosened. Overall a non story.
