They may not have had GPAs back then; I was doing a conversion based on what's used now. An A gets you 4.0 points, a B is 3, a C is 2, and a D is 1. So I assigned 1, 2, or 3 points to each grade and averaged them. It was only for comparison purposes. These days, a 2.5 is not great.
Grades were not as high in those days. People have studied US grade inflation over the years and found that the number of As has been rising since the 60s. So I don't want to sound too harsh on him! FDR apparently also was an average student but was thought of as above average with grades affected by extracurriculars. Maybe it was the same for JFK.
