College Money

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Now this is interesting. Have you ever pondered the question, what college did Barack Obama go to? Well I know I have and did a bit of digging especially from what I know he  rose from being completely unknown to the presidency of the United States in only a few years. Many think he had a meteoric rise from high school to Harvard and then the presidency, but the truth is that Barack Obama actually progressed over many years through schooling, and did so long before he ever became the President of the United States.

Records show that following high school, Obama moved out to Los Angeles and from 1979 to 1981, he attended Occidental College, one of the oldest liberal colleges on the West Coast. After two years, he transferred to Columbia University in New York City. Here, he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations. In 1983, after two years at Occidental and two years at Columbia University, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

At this point, Obama moved to Chicago where he took charge of many community programs, helping them to grow larger than they had ever been before. It was not until five years after earning his Bachelor of Arts degree that Obama then entered Harvard Law School in 1988. In Harvard, he was selected as the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review in only his first year, and became the first president of the Harvard Law Review in his second year. Following three years at Harvard, Obama graduated in 1991 with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

In all, with two years at Occidental, two years at Columbia University, and three years at Harvard Law School, Obama spent seven years in school to earn his doctorate degree.

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