Comment by PartiallyTyped
2 years ago
Given that the degree does not list a department, and that the court documents claim otherwise, I am inclined to disagree with your conclusion.
2 years ago
Given that the degree does not list a department, and that the court documents claim otherwise, I am inclined to disagree with your conclusion.
So, if his only degree is a bachelor of science in economics like the filing claims, what's the scan of the bachelor of arts degree then? He's got some sort of secret other degree in biology or chemistry he's never told anyone about? Fwiw he's listed as having a ba physics and bs econ in the alumni directory, and penn has confirmed those in emails, so like, you can pretend that he doesn't have the degrees he has, but idk what that accomplishes. And maybe he said a few times that he had a b.s. in physics (which is not a thing at penn) instead of a ba but that's meaningless
I’m not an Elon basher but I’m genuinely confused by what you’re saying. You’re saying the fact he has a BA implies it’s something in STEM rather than Econ? Maybe I’m wrong but isn’t a BA the degree you would expect to get an basically any school when studying Econ?
This is specific to Penn, where elon went, and the post does mention that they believe he only has a BS in econ, not the ba, but then dont explain why they have a screenshot of a ba. (Also fwiw I am personally a bit of an elon basher now, I really think he's gone off the deep end with twitter).
Elon did a dual degree, one bachelor in the business school (wharton) and one in the arts and sciences school (aka the college). Basically, whether a degree is a bachelor of arts or sciences is totally meaningless, schools do whatever they want (science and math are both liberal arts). At penn, the undergrad business degree is a bachelor of science in economics. You wouldn't call yourself an econ major with that degree though, since you only take 3 or 4 econ classes for that degree, you would call yourself a business major or identify by your concentration (e.g. finance, marketing. The alumni portal shows that elon concentrated in entrepreneurial management, idk if thats complete since ive heard the university confirmed he has a second concentration). The college hosts your liberal arts majors - physics, biology, chemistry, math, English, history, sociology, (real) economics, anthropology, gender studies, the works. All these are bachelor of arts degrees. I believe there's even a BA version of computer science that's offered (as distinct from the bachelor of science in engineering (BSE) in Computer science or the bachelor of applied science (BAS) in computer science degrees the engineering school offers). So if you say he has a wharton business degree (the post mentions they've confirmed the b.s. economics), and you also have evidence of a bachelor of arts granted the same year, then that BA needs explanation. I guess theoretically he could have gotten an econ major from the college too, I'm sure some hedge fund wannabes do that. These sorts of dual degrees are super common at penn btw, through formal and informal programs (e.g. i have a ba biology and bs econ)
But the ground truth here is that he has a ba in physics from the college and a bs econ (aka business degree) from wharton and when asked to provide evidence of his physics degree, he correctly provided his ba. And also that at some point elok screwed up and said he had a bs physics (which is not a thing at penn) instead of a ba which they've latched onto.