Harvard was gift' for Trump son-in-law?
The book carries an interview with Mr Kushner's school authorities who agree the boy was never Harvard material.
Washington: The findings from a 2006 book have returned to haunt Jared Kushner, President-Elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law, one of his closest aides and the man now considering a White House role.
Author Daniel Golden, in his The Price of Admission — about the “underachieving” children of rich parents getting into Harvard University with ease, all thanks to donations - notes that Mr Kushner by himself had no shot.
The book carries an interview with Mr Kushner’s school authorities who agree the boy was never Harvard material.
“There was no way anybody in the administrative office of the school thought he would on the merits get into Harvard,’’ a former official from the Frisch school in New Jersey, was quoted as saying in the book.
“His GPA (grade point average) did not warrant it, his SAT scores did not warrant it...there was no way this was going to happen. Then, lo and behold, Jared was accepted. It was a little bit disappointing because there were other kids we thought should really get in on the merits, and they did not.’’
Mr Kushner’s father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, is believed to have pledged $2.5m to Harvard not long before the son was allowed admission.