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Sorry I disagree, maybe overblown as front page news, but this is pretty egregious and for us to trust our systems at all we need to be diligent to get this type of corruption out. This is well beyond the wink wink of a donation to get my borderline kid into the school. It is fraud plain and simple. For anyone that complains about people not pulling themselves up by their boot straps, you have to also have an issue with anyone getting a true unfair, completely unwarranted advantage, especially when they had every opportunity to better themselves other ways.
There are 20 million college students in th USA. You think all of them are legit? It’s a fluff story to get people riled up. The only serious issue here is the potential tax evasion and fake charity stuff. I am surprised that people are actually surprised. Pick an industry...any industry, and there are people there using money to gain influence and cheat the system. Start at the top with professional lobbyist in DC all the way down to your local school PTA.
she should have told her kid to skip the sats to race helltrack
First, yes it happens, doesn't mean we should turn a blind eye to it,. Second, this is beyond buying influence. Of course I expect any institution or group to listen to the opinion of the people that donate the biggest money. This case is straight up fraud. Hell, Kanye taking the mic from Taylor Swift was front page news for 2 days, 25 million worth of bribes nationwide is a story. If we can prove fraud in those other cases, we should shut that down as well.
I believe most Americans would have no trouble believing that the wealthy elite make donations in order to put their borderline student over the edge to gain admission. What surprises me is the fraud involved with the standardized testing procedures. It seems like these people had someone paid off at every step. A 36-year-old man took the ACT for a student Think about how that must’ve looked in the room when it happened. Really? That’s the best they could come up with is a 36-year-old man to test for a high school student?
I believe the test administrator was in on it too. That's why all these kids were taking it at the same location. How is that not weird if you're the kid? "Hey sweetie flying you out to LA for the ACT this weekend nothing suspicious going on"
Them kids knew. They got a trophy again for doing nothing
FBI said not all of them knew but yeah I'm sure some knew and were fine with it. Wealthy families tend to produce entitled kids
A parent today is suing the universities involved in the scandal for $5 BILLION. Yes, that’s billion with a B. We should file a class action on behalf of Dawg fans since one of the Universities involved was University of TX. Something like this: Longhorns beat Dawgs, but it wasn’t a loss we would be embarrassed by because their athletics are also prestigious. Now that we know that had fake athletes at UT, it lessens the quality of the loss. So, we as DawgNation, have been egregiously harmed. We can sue for $4 billion and split it evenly.
The lawsuits are ridiculous. The universities are being treated as victims of the scam *for now*
The lawsuits could get interesting. If Title IX has held true for private universities, then why not a claim from an individual for equal access. The public schools could have even bugger problems A citizen of the State of California was denied admission to USC because someone else bought their spot?
I am more concerned with how this came to find the light of day. Was it during the course of the Adidas investigation? Did a wiretap turn up a conversation to the effect of, “Yeah, the kid will sign with us but how is he going to be eligible?” Answer from the other end: “We have a guy who can get him eligible. Take the test for him.” BOOM. ( New Investigation Begins)
How deep does this really go?
At the very least roller derby.
@Bankwalker apparently a Yale dad was under investigation for a "pump and dump" scheme by the securities and exchange commission and gave them info on the admissions stuff for leniency.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.com/amp/articles/the-yale-dad-who-set-off-the-college-admissions-scandal-11552588402
I find my patients don’t sweat the petty stuff as long as I don’t pet the sweaty stuff. Brain surgery, rocket science, and managing retirement plans isn’t hard as long as I don’t hit the malt liquor before 3:00.
100% media drive? The FBI seems to think otherwise... They put a LOT of resources into this.
I wonder if all of this somehow dovetailed off that basketball investigation they did a couple of years back?
It doesn't. Someone else who bribed his kid into Yale was being investigated for a "pump and dump" scheme and gave them info on the admissions scandal for leniency.
I just saw your post, thanks. Guess that's what I get for commenting before catching up with the rest of the post.
For punishment I shall have another cup of coffee.
Parents flying a kid to LA to take the SAT? Jeez. I recall having to drive 12 miles from Hayward, CA to Oakland to take the SAT and being nervous about that since it was in an area I'd never been to before. I did fly once from Oakland with our senior class to LA to visit Disneyland - the original one. The times they are still a changiin'.
I'm doing the same right now. Honestly, the basketball thing seemed like a logical next step, but the pump and dump is a hilarious bow atop this debacle.
I though it was strange at first, but these kids are super privileged. Flying to LA for the weekend could be normal for them. Except that time they had to take a test for a couple hours before going shopping.