Massive Cheating Scandal to Get Children Admitted to Elite Colleges

"Hey son/daughter, I know I've been a crappy parent and didn't push you hard at all to get a good GPA and do well in standardized tests. But to make up for the fact that I was more of a friend to you for the first 17 years of your life instead of a parent, I'm going to pay someone to cheat on a standardized test for you in order to make up for all my parenting deficiencies. Once we get you into your dream school with those fake scores, instead of you actually earning them yourself, you'll love me more right???"

Aunt Becky :(

Time for an 80s style very special episode to address this.

ROI seems to be off on this, you pay $1.2 to get your dumb kid into Yale? You are already rich, so it doesn't matter what the kids do in school.

I know an education is important but being rich is more important. Just seems dumb.

Pretty remarkable story. I would have thought that rich people would just, at worst, negotiate with college presidents and admissions directors about charitable giving in connection with their kids' admission. One kid in the story went from 1020 PSAT to 1420 SAT by having a smart kid take the test.

I'm beginning to think that the powerful and wealthy in this country are all corrupt. That they constantly use bribery and graft to game the systems to work exclusively for them and their progeny.

So, how do we fix this? Meaningful social, economic, and, political reforms to level the playing field or something akin to what those Bolsheviks did in 1917? Trouble is brewing...

Sadly, it speaks to the sense of entitlement of the wealthy..

They just are not rich enough. They are trying to penny-ante it. The real ultra-wealthy accomplish the same thing by "donating" the the university endowment. See, Kushner, for just one

run2it wrote:

ROI seems to be off on this, you pay $1.2 to get your dumb kid into Yale? You are already rich, so it doesn't matter what the kids do in school.

I know an education is important but being rich is more important. Just seems dumb.

Status symbol...........Just another way for these self absorbed people to brag to their friends. "Oh look, even though I really thought my kid is dumb as a sack of rocks, he got into Harvard!!!

Only question is: Are any of these track and field/XC coaches?

Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, the University of Southern California, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated in the case.

Pretty sure the Yale coach was a soccer coach, don't know about the others.

No community colleges or state "directional" colleges involved. Another example of where the "elite" crooks and sociopaths originate in the country, a.k.a. "our betters".

OXYRUNR wrote:

Sadly, it speaks to the sense of entitlement of the wealthy..

You've hit the nail on the head.

So true! Seriously I know USC is a difficult school to gain acceptance to but these kids had the resources to have private coaching for SAT exams, unlimited time as it's not like they had to work to pay for their cars. A 1020 PSAT kid is capable of scoring 1200-1250 with work. They're just lazy, not stupid. My question is are these kids finished with their degree? What major? This is so very sad I hope they are stripped from any degree they received if indeed they finished. I feel for all the kids that study like crazy and were cheated out of their dream school.

Full Jailhouse Mom..wow

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6799945/Lori-Loughlin-Felicity-Huffman-implicated-massive-college-entrance-exam-cheating-scandal.html

Will be interesting to see if any of those financial claims are really upheld. One article said up to 6.5 million for one individual. I mean I guess that is in line with the increased cost of inflation, but if somebody is going to do that, it seems much easier and less risky to just donate to the endowment:

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard

Keep moving, nothing to see here , goes on all the time with the connected -

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/watchdog/ct-met-bill-daley-insurance-test-20190207-story.html

Ivies Suck wrote:

Bribes, Cheating, ACT, SAT, Actors, Coaches. Everyone was involved.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fbi-accuses-wealthy-parents-including-celebrities-in-college-entrance-bribery-scheme/ar-BBUGhsh?ocid=ientp

Turns out my neighbor was named in this case. Starts to make sense now.

$500,000 for two tickets to USC sounds pretty steep. I'd rather have tickets to a Fleetwood Mac concert.

What really bothers me -- I mean, aside from this full frontal assault on the lower rungs of the U.S. aristocracy -- is that I already know the ending to the story: None of the parents go to jail. I suspect that none of them will even have to plead guilty to a felony. And all of them will get off easier than the poor schlub who tries bribing an employee of the Motor Vehicle Department for a passing grade on the written portion of a driver's exam.

Avocado's Number wrote:

$500,000 for two tickets to USC sounds pretty steep. I'd rather have tickets to a Fleetwood Mac concert.

What really bothers me -- I mean, aside from this full frontal assault on the lower rungs of the U.S. aristocracy -- is that I already know the ending to the story: None of the parents go to jail. I suspect that none of them will even have to plead guilty to a felony. And all of them will get off easier than the poor schlub who tries bribing an employee of the Motor Vehicle Department for a passing grade on the written portion of a driver's exam.

Hustlers always collect interest.

"Orange Is The New Black" just got a casting upgrade and became a reality show!