Feds uncover large-scale college entrance exam cheating plot

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why they need to bribe? Why not just donate like everyone else does?

Well in the penn situation, it’s a function of price.

It costs about 2-4 million in giving if you want your kid in at Penn.

But bribing a coach to put a recruit tag on you can be had as low as 75-100k.

Coaches in the Ivy League are poorly paid so are ripe targets for bribes.

not the one i know

+1

Y'all seem naive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Felicity Huffman's husband (not indicted) was chatting about how 'difficult' the admission process was just two months ago. Guess its pretty hard to wipe your tears with hundreds of thousands as you cut a check.

https://people.com/movies/felicity-huffman-william-h-macy-stressful-college-admission-bribery-scandal/

We’re right now in the thick of college application time, which is so stressful. I am voting that once she gets accepted, she maybe takes a year off. God doesn’t let you be 18 twice. I know from casting, if you need a 25-, 26-year-old actress, there are a lot of them out there and they’re really good. But if you need a 15-, 16-year-old actress, it’s tough. Sofia looks young. I think this is an opportunity for her. But it’s just my opinion, and we’ll see what she wants to do, what Felicity thinks and how the chips fall. My daughter Georgia, she’s interested in politics, political science and pursuing that. She’s in a very academic school and killing it.

Shameless

They only did it for their first daughter but backed out on doing it for the second.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would a latino family need to do this?

Jesus, you guys get massive URM hooks already!

The Beckies are understandable- Beckies are gonna Becky.

+1

This is beautiful, thank you.

[Anonymous]

^^Don't get Aunt Becky and her designer husband either. He must've had tons of $$, daughters didn't need college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Felicity Huffman's husband (not indicted) was chatting about how 'difficult' the admission process was just two months ago. Guess its pretty hard to wipe your tears with hundreds of thousands as you cut a check.

https://people.com/movies/felicity-huffman-william-h-macy-stressful-college-admission-bribery-scandal/

We’re right now in the thick of college application time, which is so stressful. I am voting that once she gets accepted, she maybe takes a year off. God doesn’t let you be 18 twice. I know from casting, if you need a 25-, 26-year-old actress, there are a lot of them out there and they’re really good. But if you need a 15-, 16-year-old actress, it’s tough. Sofia looks young. I think this is an opportunity for her. But it’s just my opinion, and we’ll see what she wants to do, what Felicity thinks and how the chips fall. My daughter Georgia, she’s interested in politics, political science and pursuing that. She’s in a very academic school and killing it.

Her daughters are cute. They didn’t need college with mom’s connections in the industry.

LOL

Even her dad recognizes that cute 'girls next door' are a dime a dozen in Hollywood. Read the interview, he says it himself.

https://parade.com/732550/walterscott/william-h-macy-on-his-favorite-frank-moment-from-shameless-and-working-with-wife-felicity-huffman/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Crying laughing at the footnote. These colleges need to hire the FBI's investigations team for admissions.

It's like it's not enough to say she didn't play highly competitive tennis. They have to point out that in actuality, she sucked.

Hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a latino family need to do this?

Jesus, you guys get massive URM hooks already!

The Beckies are understandable- Beckies are gonna Becky.

Well...his daughter couldn't hit a ball shot by a toddler and she was probably dumb as a box of rocks. Georgetown has standards.

I found her LinkedIn. She’s a Spanish major (who majors in Spanish?), yet has cushy investment bank internships.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know who the Yale soccer parents are?

[Anonymous]

Is caltech the only school left in the country that isn’t sketchy?

State schools have their scandals.

Private’s are rocked by back doors and side doors.

It seems like caltech might be the only school in America where you can trust the admissions office

[Anonymous]

I sort of feel bad for the kids - in some cases they probably didn't even know this was happening, and now they are screwed.

[Anonymous]

Is there a list of all of the colleges involved?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^Don't get Aunt Becky and her designer husband either. He must've had tons of $$, daughters didn't need college.

Having a good college degree is what a young girl with no prospects to be rich on their own does these days.

Paris Hilton didn't need college but she was smart enough to build an empire with a networth over $500 million. Not every girl can do that and its not like these girls will inherit mommy and daddys fortunes anytime soon.

Look how well life turned out for Tori Spelling and her dad was worth $600 million. No money, no jobs, no education, and 5-6 kids (I stopped counting) with her mom still alive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a latino family need to do this?

Jesus, you guys get massive URM hooks already!

The Beckies are understandable- Beckies are gonna Becky.

Well...his daughter couldn't hit a ball shot by a toddler and she was probably dumb as a box of rocks. Georgetown has standards.

I disagree that re: the bolded. Simply being a URM will not get you into the most selective schools. You still need to be able to do the work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there a list of all of the colleges involved?

It sounded like the FBI is going out of its way not to blame the institutions, but only the coaches who made it happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is caltech the only school left in the country that isn’t sketchy?

State schools have their scandals.

Private’s are rocked by back doors and side doors.

It seems like caltech might be the only school in America where you can trust the admissions office

Reed. Common core & no sports. But it’s a good school, not an elite one. Maybe Harvey Mudd too?