A 1206 out of 1600 was not an exceptionally high score for Yale, even in 1964. You're joking right? George W. Bush entered Yale University in 1964 largely due to family legacy preferences. Both his father, George H.W. Bush, and his grandfather, Prescott Bush, attended the school. Despite mediocre grades and test scores, this family connection secured his admission. He got into Yale because his Daddy and he coasted ever since with Daddy's friends bailing him out with fresh infusions of cash with every business failure along the way, just like Trump got from his Daddy, too. You mistake winning the genetic lottery with intelligence.