Hollywood stars among dozens charged over college entrance scam

What a betrayal. Colleges tell non-wealthy students that their admissions are all about merit and effort. This really spits in the faces of hard-working students and their families.

The rich looking after their own interests, once more. I imagine the usual supporters of the gap between the disadvantaged and elite will say there's nothing wrong with this.

USC has a 13% acceptance rate. Average GPA 3.83/4.00.

That being said, that's a lot of money to NOT go to Yale or Stanford. Might as well go for the best if you're going to shell out that amount of cash.

Seems like a waste of money to me. If your child is too thick to get into a "top" university there are plenty of others that will accept him/her. Someone who is too daft to pass the entrance exam should also find the coursework too difficult and drop out after the first year anyway.

What a betrayal. Colleges tell non-wealthy students that their admissions are all about merit and effort. This really spits in the faces of hard-working students and their families.

The vast majority of colleges and universities are very clear about not being need-blind, which means the applicant's ability to pay is taken into account when making admissions decisions.

No one is surprised by this. I picture Captain Renault exclaiming: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

From the NYT editiorial today:

Andrew Lelling, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts "made clear at a news conference on Tuesday that the government is well aware wealthy people regularly donate money to colleges to secure the matriculation of their children — and the government is not attacking the conduct of that business as usual."

Also left unsaid was how "Wealthy families often spend heavily to groom their children as candidates for admissions to selective colleges. Private school tuition, tutoring and test preparation classes, campus visits and coaches who help to write personal essays are all advantages largely unavailable to less affluent students, irrespective of innate talent. Paying for tutoring is different from paying someone to take a test for you — but students without money don’t have either option."

No mention was made of "The widespread practice of preferentially admitting the children of alumni is a fund-raising technique."

The meritocracy is absolute b-s and always has been.

"I feel that the election was somewhat of a feminist issue. I feel like the best of us was bested by not the best of them."

Guess who said this? Yeah, the best of you isnt as good as you claim, lady.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-inauguration-protest-felicity-huffman-latest-star-womens-march-washington-a7528616.html

Huffman and Macy made the payment on Feb. 27, 2018, which was disguised as a donation that would allow the charity to “move forward with our plans to provide educational and self-enrichment programs to disadvantaged youth.”

Ouch.

Eh Bass, you're a Cali kid, so what's your honest take on these old money, private jet-using, social-media addicted, millennial college brats and their cheater parents spending up to a million to get them into a "famous" school? Kids these days, wink nudge.

Over a year on a fraud investigation where the sentences will be 47 months, tops?

The fact that this can happen at any University is the issue. Entrance selection committees need to have names and addresses anonymized on all applicants under consideration. Surprising this wasn't happening already to hinder bad actions.

This just goes to show how far parents, with means, will go to give their kids help. Read that Laughlin's daughter didn't even want to go to college at all, except to party and for "game day" events.

I know a parent who paid for extra classes, private tutors beginning in 6th grade so their child would be able to get into an "Ivy League School", because that would get her around people with wealth and power. The goal was for the girl to either marry into a family like that or get a $500K+/yr job through college friends.

I know a parent who paid for extra classes, private tutors beginning in 6th grade so their child would be able to get into an "Ivy League School", because that would get her around people with wealth and power. The goal was for the girl to either marry into a family like that or get a $500K+/yr job through college friends.

How'd it work out?

Eh Bass, you're a Cali kid, so what's your honest take on these old money, private jet-using, social-media addicted, millennial college brats and their cheater parents spending up to a million to get them into a "famous" school? Kids these days, wink nudge.

Tor be honest, I’m not really surprised at all. I kinda expected it, but now we have tangible proof.

Tor be honest, I’m not really surprised at all. I kinda expected it, but now we have tangible proof.

We've had evidence of this for a long time.

How'd it work out?

The girl got into a lessor Ivy League University and choose Chemistry as her major, with a 100% needs-based grant. She's 2nd yr now.

Being a chemistry major is unlikely to get a job anywhere near the target earnings and won't have her connected to business movers and shakers at the U.

Guess everyone needs to find their own way in this world.

Both their daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella, are currently studying

at USC and were admitted as rowing-team recruits - but neither actually

participates in the sport. The sisters have not been charged.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47557056

If that was the reason the girls were allowed in, time to bump.