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Rand Paul does not have a bachelor's degree. He does have an MD. And is a US Senator. Wonder how that happened. Oh, right, meritocracy.
by MisterBastahrd 6y ago
Rand Paul does not have a bachelor's degree.
He does have an MD. And is a US Senator.
Wonder how that happened. Oh, right, meritocracy.
- kyuudou 6y agoNeat, "today-I-learned". I have to wonder if it being his father's medical school also was a factor, considering it's a private school. But still, that's quite impressive.
- MisterBastahrd 6y agoHe also created his own medical board to certify himself with a take-home test because learning is hard.
- dragonwriter 6y agoThat's not true, he was board certified by an existing board, but created his own (never accepted by anyone that matters, apparently) board to fleece other doctors, or, nominally, at least the first time, to protest the board he was certified by. He then let it lapse by failing to file paperwork, reformed it years later, and let it lapse again.
- ulucs 6y agoWikipedia claims that Duke simply didn't require undergraduate degrees for admission at the time.