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RockRaven

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6. He calls it Wharton, which is the business school, in order to give the listener

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 04:21 PM

Dec 2024

the false impression that he got a graduate degree (he got a bachelors). Traditionally when one in business circles says someone got a degree/graduated from Wharton they mean their prestigious MBA program, not an undergraduate degree. TCF abuses that informality/ambiguity, and it is implausible that he isn't doing so intentionally.

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Luigi Mangione is a fellow Penn grad: [View all] PCIntern Dec 2024 OP

Post made me laugh. Go Quakers. Silent Type Dec 2024 #1

How about some of Penn's professors? Camille Paglia, Amy Wax... tenderfoot Dec 2024 #2

Camille I believe was at Univ of the Arts PCIntern Dec 2024 #4

Isn't that where Trump went? LeftInTX Dec 2024 #3

Yep PCIntern Dec 2024 #5

He calls it Wharton, which is the business school, in order to give the listener RockRaven Dec 2024 #6

The bachelor's program is tough... PCIntern Dec 2024 #7

But his (not your) category is: Not so smart as he thinks he is: His models Carlson, Thiel, VANCE, UTUSN Dec 2024 #8