HowTF is Johnny supposed to go to Harvard scoring in the low 30s on his math exam? The movie seems to go out of its way to show us that Johnny is not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Yet his father some how thinks he is going to Harvard? Does Harvard like become a tech school like Devry or something?
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Welcome to the future. There are morons in Harvard today.
shareOkay, name one. Really, just one. I’m asking you to defend your statement.
None of the Kennedy boys was a scholar, nor was Bush, but they were hardly morons, unless the posters on this topic are using the word “moron” figuratively, or don’t know what the word means. In the first instance, then why not use more precise wording, like “not scholarly nor in need of an outstanding education, given that he is already SET FOR LIFE”? My guess would be that you didn’t because you didn’t or couldn’t think to do so; yet you are qualified to pass judgement on intellect? I don’t think so. In the second instance (using a word you don’t actually know), hell, Bubba, you’re not qualified to judge either.
The Ivy Leagues, both Big Ivy (e.g., Harvard) and Little Ivy (e.g., my Alma Matter, Union College) have always accepted students who we call Gentleman’s C students, undergrads who were happy to get a C in every course, whose families’ largess would fund the education of students from humble backgrounds who had earned the opportunity to be put in a postion to make the world better. You know, I could also have said, “It’s just a dumb movie that I enjoy, lighten up,” but I chose not. There are times when the privilege of rich and influential families can be made to work for the good of the deserving.
As other people have said, the Rico's had money, and might have been a legacy.
But you could also be at least partially right in that Harvard's admission standards were not as high as they had once been. Obviously that society put way more emphasis on its military, so it would stand to reason that they would try to grab all the brightest and best, and put them in leadership positions. Take Carl for example. He did have the test scores to go to the best schools, but instead he enlisted and was immediately put into a military intelligence role. Within a year he was a colonel, and would probably be a general soon, since he just organized the capture of a smart bug.
Well if we've learned anything this week, it's that yes any moron can get into an ivy league school, as long as their family has the right connections, and plenty of money.
shareHis mother was Lori Loughlin, thats why.
shareHow did he get into Harvard? His super rich daddy, of course!!!
shareI’m glad to see so many people on the same page!
shareAs many have already pointed out, the right family plus the right school plus sufficient money makes it pretty easy for some to get in to some of these elite places.
shareI hate to say this, but this movie was kind of a cartoon with people in it. Much of it was tongue-in-cheek comedy and had stuff happening that seemed more appropriate for an adult comic book than a serious film. So if you look at it from that perspective, it makes sense a moron like Johnny Rico can get into Harvard.
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