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> Musk has a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania. Clarification, Musk bought a B.A. in physics. In the Paypal S-1 in 2002, [1] Pay
by Veserv 14d ago
> Musk has a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Clarification, Musk bought a B.A. in physics. In the Paypal S-1 in 2002, [1] Paypal's lawyers claimed that he graduated with a B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Economics in 1995.
Yet the actual degrees subpoenaed from UPenn indicate a B.A. in Physics and B.S. in Economics in 1997, two years later. He could not even remember the year he graduated or the degree he received just 5/7 years after their purported completion. I have yet to meet a single person who actually graduated from college who can not accurately recollect the year of their graduation, have you?
Most likely he did this because he was in the USA on a student visa and dropping out of UPenn in 1995 made him a illegal immigrant which his brother, Kimbal Musk, corroborated in a interview [2].
[1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103415/000091205702023923/a2082068zs-1.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1103415/000091205702...
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/1az29vs/elon_nervously_laughing_as_his_brother_kimbal/ https://www.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/1az29vs/elo...
- daedalus_j 13d agoSmall counterpoint: I'm 42 years old, and I would have to look at my resume to see what year I graduated college. By time I graduated I was already working full time, had a contracting company on the side, and had a family. College was just a thing that was happening, another job, it wasn't a huge life-defining event. I remember the people I met and the projects I worked on, but there's no way I'd be able to accurately tell you the exact year it was over. (I just checked the resume, I was off by 2. Yikers.) There you go, now you've met one!
- Veserv 13d agoReally, your lawyer asks you what year you graduated for a legal filing and you would give the wrong year? Not even bother to go check, just fly by the seat of your pants?