Andy Bernard's Academic Career

Andy Bernard went to Cornell (graduating in 1995) and is smug about it. He was, by his own admission, not a particularly good student.

Citations

• "I went to Cornell. Ever heard of it? I graduated in four years, I never studied once, I was drunk the whole time." (talking head interview, Gay Witch Hunt)
• "You should be an English professor at Cor-not University." (sparring with Dwight, The Merger)
• "I started the main Frisbee golf club at Cornell. Where I went to college." (to Jim, The Convict)
• "Football: Cornell/Hofstra: Slaughter." (sucking up to Michael, The Return)
• "I graduated from anger management the same way I graduated from Cornell: On time." (talking head interview, The Negotiation)
• "He's classy. He gets me. He went to Cornell." (Michael, Beach Games)
• "The capital of Maine is Montpelier, Vermont, which is near Ithaca, New York, where I went to Cornell." (interviewing with Dwight, The Job)
• "Three months ago, I was nowhere. I was just a Cornell grad, in anger management." (talking head interview, The Job)
• "That school? Cornell." (talking head interview, Launch Party, deleted scene)
• "I got into Cornell off the Wait List." (talking head interview, Branch Wars, deleted scene)
• "Andy, was that coordinated by the Cornell Study Abroad Office?" (Angela, Dinner Party, deleted scene)
• The rear windshield of Andy's car has a Cornell sticker. (Chair Model, Did I Stutter?)
• Andy introduces himself to the client as "Andy Bernard, Cornell '95." (Job Fair)
• Andy becomes upset when Dwight wears a Cornell sweatshirt. (Employee Transfer)

Academic career

Andy Bernard was not particularly gifted academically.

• By his own admission, he "never studied once." ("Gay Witch Hunt")
• He failed Introduction to Philosophy and had to take it again. ("Weight Loss")

As a high school student, Andy tried to lead a student protest against standardized tests, but chickened out and took the SATs anyway. ("Murder") He scored a 1220, which is the 80th percentile in general, but is a poor score for a Cornell student, putting him in the bottom 25% of the student population. His poor score contributed to his being wait-listed at Cornell, but he was ultimately admitted because his father donated a building to the school. ("Launch Party")