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Examining The Education Of Us Presidents

To become President of the United States, you need an Ivy League education

, a lengthy career as a lawyer or politician, and a strong commitment to service and extracurricular activities, right? Actually, that's only partly correct. While many of our presidents have been excellent students that excelled in all other areas of life, there were lots more that were dropouts or simply didn't attend college at all, had disciplinary issues, and more that might surprise you. In this time leading up to our 2012 Presidential election, it's fun to take a look back at past presidents and what their education says about them and the office in general.

For example, if you think most presidents were Ivy Leaguers, you're partially right. Harvard University is responsible for graduating 5 presidents, the most of any school. Following that is the College of William and Mary with 4, Yale University with 3, and Princeton and West Point tied with two presidential alumni each.

However, what may really surprise you is that nine US presidents never graduated college at all - one of them being our very first president, George Washington himself. Following in his non-collegiate footsteps are Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Filmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and most recently, Harry S. Truman. So there you have it - some of our most respected and historically important presidents never graduated (and some never even attended) college.

For those that did attend college, a few were very successful students. For instance, Rutherford B. Hayes graduated first in his class at Kenyon College, proving he was a dedicated student. William Taft was salutatorian of his class at Yale, meaning he was 2nd in the class, and Franklin Pierce graduated 3rd in his class - clearly, these presidents were no slackers.


On the other hand, three others had some trouble in school. James Buchanan was suspended from college for bad behavior - he was only readmitted after promising to clean up his act. And the highly-regarded Dwight D. Eisenhower was a major disciplinary headache for his superiors at West Point. His demerits included smoking, not cleaning his room, and being late for inspection - he acquired 17 demerits in all during his attendance. Finally, Jimmy Carter dropped out of college twice before finally enrolling at his eventual alma mater, the US Naval Academy.

It's really interesting to consider the college years of our past leaders and puts their lives into perspective with our own. For more information, just research any presidents you may be interested in and delve more deeply into their pasts - the details will definitely surprise you!

by: Jenn B
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Examining The Education Of Us Presidents