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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
Status, plus they want to give the kids what they want.
@TNDawg71 I’m afraid the answer to your question is both obvious, and it is most apparent too. I say a resounding “yes”. Corrupt to begin with?? Then corrupt through, and through??? That adds up to corrupt in the end. Sadly, I feel pretty certain that this practice isn’t new, only newly discovered.
^^^ This
There is all kinds of ways that colleges do thing that are in the "gray" area. In my opinion, if they are going to go down hard on the money bribing, then just as well clean up everything, one sin is not greater that the other IMO!!!
Sounds like they are doing that very thing. I only say that going off the fact this investigation appears to have been underway simultaneous to the adidas thing. What will be the next to drop? I just hope none of this ever tarnishes the University of Georgia in any direct manner.
@Jesupdawg according to the indictments the universities weren't involved in the bribing outside of a few coaches. They only bend over backwards for big time legacy donors. The money involved in the racket is pocket change to the institutions.
$6 million is a sizeable amount of money, I’d love to know who paid that much and for which school. I’ll bet 60 minutes does a segment in the near future.
The good thing I guess is that this doesn't seem to be systemic within the academic system. One issue is some guy who can get fake ACT and SAT scores and essentially trick the school into accepting the student based on false credentials. That is not a school issue. The other issue is parents directly bribing certain school employees (mostly coaches). Again, not the school's fault. That's an individual bad actor working at the school. It's not like parents are going to school Presidents or the Dean of Admissions and handing over wads of money. It's not nearly as nefarious as it first seemed. I don't think any of these schools are at fault. These schools admit tens of thousands of students every year. A few scammers are bound to find a way in.
Someone gets it
All I have to say is, Lori Loughlin looks ****ing fantastic.
She'll be a top draft choice in prison. I kid, I kid