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Tony Evers: “I actually was hoping to follow my father and be a doctor…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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One-on-One with Tony Evers | Cap Times Idea Fest 2025

Published | Video Starts at 38:18

Yeah, it's relatively small. Big back then, but. Yeah. And when did you decide you wanted to be a teacher? Oh, that was a long. That was after going to college. I actually was hoping to follow my father and be a doctor. That didn't quite work out because he didn't like. Well, I had a 375 chemistry from UW and that was too high, too low back then. It was really competitive back then. So Kathy and I went. People are gonna wonder when I'm gonna shut up, but I keep going. I gotta tell you a story. (38:18–38:39)

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Asserts that a 3.75 GPA in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin was not competitive enough for medical school at that time.

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