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Read Replies (1) | Respond to I say he has 50-75 IQ points over you.Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana , to Amar and Raj Jindal, immigrants from Punjab , India , who came to the U.S. six months before he was born. [5] Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School , graduating in 1988 at the top of his class. While in high school, he competed in tennis tournaments, and started a computer newsletter, a retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent his free time working in the stands at LSU football games. [6] Jindal was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME) at Brown University , guaranteeing him a place in medical school. Jindal completed majors in biology and public policy. He graduated in 1991 at the age of 20, with honors in both majors. [6] [7] Jindal was named to the 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He applied to and was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School , but studied at New College, Oxford , as a Rhodes Scholar . He received an M.Litt. degree in political science with an emphasis in health policy from the University of Oxford in 1994, where the subject of his thesis was "A needs-based approach to health care". [6] He turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil. in politics, instead joining the consulting firm McKinsey & Company . [8] He then interned in the office of Rep. Jim McCrery of Louisiana, where McCrery assigned him to work on healthcare policy; Jindal spent two weeks studying Medicare to compile an extensive report on possible solutions to Medicare's financial problems, which he presented to McCrery. [9]
