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I agree with you if it’s a private school, because when you’re a private entity you can pretty much do what you want. They just lose credibility if caught, but shouldn’t be punished. But a publicly funded/state school accepting bribes to get people in means you’re leaving out a deserving student for said bribes.
I pretty much agree up until the point the parents pay someone to commit academic fraud in order to trick the admissions office in to giving them a spot someone else deserved, and then the paying of bribes to have the coaches also practice deception. In the case of someone like George Bush, the entire university administration knew what was going on and that they were (allegedly) selling admission to a wealthy legacy applicant. That’s not the case here.
@Teddy private universities also receive federal funding. I know for sure through the NIH but I'm sure there are other programs as well.
Absolutely. Yale has students attending on Govt stipends so they can be indoctrinated as “Climate Change” climatologists. Probably geology and geophysics.
PG. how about comparing the pianist with an otherwise undistinguished resume vs a great athlete with a similar resume ? Both have a unique and marketable skill that can benefit the institution.
Well then, I recant my previous statement.
Plus the curriculum for a musician is kind of silly. It is understood and acknowledged the musician is only there to further develop his or her music skills, whereas the athlete has to pretend to be seeking some kind of legitimate academic pursuit in a field of study unrelated to their reason for attending the school.
Like I said. I don't care what a college does with admissions. It's not like they only have 5 to give out every year. This story really has two separate issues that are being mashed together. One is parents bribing the schools directly. The other is outright academic fraud (paying for false SAT scores) to trick the school. The fraud issue is serious. The bribery thing...well, if some parent is willing to pay a school $500,000 to let their kid in, the school would almost be **** not to take that. A couple of extra students running around campus has zero impact on the university.
@Bankwalker what did Yale do to hurt you?
The schools were not the recipient of the money, individuals were.
What on earth do you mean? Is the above statement not true? Ga Tech has the same program.
Thought it was another personal attack on Yale but this time it was on climate science as a whole. Not worth going down that rabbit hole
Is a college education, even from an elite university, really worth that much? Why not instead just deposit the $1.2 million bribe into a trust fund for the kid and let him/her live off the interest?
Not enough to sustain the lifestyle they are accustomed to having