• In the fall of 1982, Sarah Palin attended Hawaii Pacific
University in Honolulu but by the end of the freshman year she
transferred out to North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene in the
spring of 1983
• According to a biography titled 'Sarah' by Kaylene Johnson,
"Palin and three friends went to the University of Hawaii at Hilo
after graduation from high school in Alaska in 1982. But they
left after a few weeks because of the constant rain there."
• In the fall of 1984, she turned to University of Idaho in
Moscow, leaving it for Matanuska-Susitna Community College in
Palmer, Alaska during the fall of 1985. She later returned to the
University of Idaho in 1986 where she received her Bachelor's
degree in communications with an emphasis in journalism in
1987.
• Palin once said that her curiosity and love of writing made
journalism a natural choice. "I was always asking everyone the
questions, and I still am today."
• The Alumni Association of North Idaho College recently
conferred upon her the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in
June 2008.
• In an effort to finance her way through college, Palin
entered beauty competitions in her early twenties, aiming for the
Miss America title. She was titled Miss Wasilla in 1984 and
finished third in the Miss Alaska pageant, winning the "Miss
Congeniality" award and a college scholarship.
• In tune with her ambition to be a sport commentator and
television presenter, soon after graduation Palin worked as a
sportscaster for KTUU-TV in Anchorage and as sports reporter for
the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman.
Romney started his education at the Roosevelt Elementary School
in Detroit, Michigan. Starting from the seventh grade, he
attended the Cranbrook Academy, a prestigious boys-only private
school in Bloomfield Hills. Romney would later claim that
Cranbrook provided one of the most educative experiences in his
young life, developing his social and critical-thinking skills.
While he did not excel in any particular subject or activity both
on the track and in the classroom, Mitt was, nevertheless, a
popular all-rounder in the school. He was also the manager for
the school hockey team, as well as a member of the cross-country
team and the pep squad.
Mitt, along with future wife Ann Lois Davies and several other
friends, were briefly arrested for their part in an elaborate
prank that involved blocks of ice, towels and the golf course.
Details are sketchy, and the records have long been sealed, but
the consensus was they were sliding down a slope, riding the
towel covered blocks of ice.
Video: The Making of Mitt Romney (Part 1) by The Boston
Globe
Romney
graduated high school in 1965 and promptly enrolled in Stanford
University. However, his stay there was cut short, and he
traveled to France to begin missionary work on behalf of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a popular activity
among the Mormon youths at the time. He spent the next two and a
half years there cycling around the countryside dressed in formal
black attire, attempting to convert the mainly Catholic residents
to his faith. Disaster struck six months before he left for home
when he was involved in an automobile accident. A Catholic
priest, believed to be under the influence, smashed into the car
Romney was driving. He was thrown right out of the vehicle, but
did not suffer serious injuries. However, one of the passengers
died in the accident. The experience proved to be a sobering one
for Romney, as he would later recount.
Upon his return, he married his high school sweetheart, Ann, and
soon after, enrolled in Brigham Young University. He graduated in
1971 with a Degree in English, with a 3.97GPA. His young family
then moved to Boston, and Mitt enrolled in both Harvard Law (HLS)
and Harvard Business School (HBS). He obtained his MBA from HBS
in 1975 and graduated cum laude from HLS with his Juris Doctor
the same year, finishing in the top 5% of his class.
Romney
graduated high school in 1965 and promptly enrolled in Stanford
University. However, his stay there was cut short, and he
traveled to France to begin missionary work on behalf of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a popular activity
among the Mormon youths at the time. He spent the next two and a
half years there cycling around the countryside dressed in formal
black attire, attempting to convert the mainly Catholic residents
to his faith. Disaster struck six months before he left for home
when he was involved in an automobile accident. A Catholic
priest, believed to be under the influence, smashed into the car
Romney was driving. He was thrown right out of the vehicle, but
did not suffer serious injuries. However, one of the passengers
died in the accident. The experience proved to be a sobering one
for Romney, as he would later recount.
