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3.1 GPA, 560 SAT

posted 16 years ago by rzaxlash
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and this dude thinks he can get into Princeton. Get real, bro.

[–] 14 years ago

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He didn't think he could get into Princeton. His dad set up the interview with the whole premise, "sometimes you gotta say 'what the heck.'

[–] sleepx2 13 years ago

Back then those were very good scores. I went to the Northwestern School of Business with the same scores.

[–] RIP_Matthew_Abaddon 13 years ago

Those numbers were good enough for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign? Seriously? I know it's not Ivy League, but UIUC is one of the top public universities in the nation. I would think scores like that would mean University of Illinois's Chicago campus.

[–] dtechba 10 years ago

At UIUC you apply to the college. The Engineering school is as hard to get into as Harvard, the agriculture school not so hard even though you still need good scores to get in.

[–] jejozi 12 years ago

Getting into Princeton was his parent's dream, not his.

This will be the high point of my day; it's all downhill from here.

[–] MrSpark 12 years ago

I dunno if you noticed but this is a 1983 film. SAT's were a lot different back then, the average scores back then were 503 for verbal/reading and 494 for math.

***Use the Force!!!!***

[–] lylesanford 12 years ago

Looks like University of Illinois!

[–] zackattack-1 8 years ago

Well, Rutherford probably listened to Joel's comments about saying "what the *beep* and also saw the little "business" he was running that night at his house, so he probably saw some sort of innovative ideas about Joel beyond the scope of some meaningless numbers in the form of test scores.