Why are there no DC families being called out on this college fraud

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see no one in the area called out in the fraud scam. Why is this? I have a few theories:

1) Singer hadn't cracked the DC/east coast market yet
2) People in DC are doing this but it's sneakier so it hasn't been found out yet
3) people in DC would not be interested in this fraud, it's too beyond the pail for even us

what do you think?

combo of 1 and 2.

DC people have more connections to real political power and so can pull strings through the back door more and don't need side doors as much as california new money.

It's definitely NOT 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see no one in the area called out in the fraud scam. Why is this? I have a few theories:

1) Singer hadn't cracked the DC/east coast market yet
2) People in DC are doing this but it's sneakier so it hasn't been found out yet
3) people in DC would not be interested in this fraud, it's too beyond the pail for even us

what do you think?

LA is a dumb liberal bubble.

DC is a smart liberal bubble.

this was EXACTLY what my husband said last night when we were discussing

Do we know all the parents were liberal, like that big-shot lawyer? No, we don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My theory is that in general East Coast families are hyper focused on college from an early age and, what pp said, through red shirting, private schools, tutors etc. are gaming the system that way.

They do all that in LA and SF too.

I think it’s just that Singer was a west coast operation. Becoming a client was probably a word of mouth thing.

I bet there are similar schemes on the east coast.

If anyone in DC tried this, their own friends and social circle would turn them in. Rich & powerful people here keep score and keep track of the relative academic and athletic ranking of the kids at their kids schools, the kids from their Country Club friends and the kids of their coworkers. If anyone gets in a school surprisingly above their expectations, people here would ask questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He helped 850 kids get placed over the years. I find it hard to believe not one is from DC. Not sure if we will ever get the whole client list though.

why wouldn't the client list become public when he gives up evidence?

[Anonymous]

This is 20+ years ago, but my well off roommate told the story of her well-off cousin getting into Harvard despite having Bs on her record because her parents paid a $300K donation to her well-known private school. Said private school then gave her an award for being the most exceptional student of the year (even though she didn't have the highest grades) and wrote her spectacular recommendations and used their connections with the admissions office to get her admitted.

[Anonymous]

The jewish wilkie co-chair dude is a new york guy though - not LA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My theory is that in general East Coast families are hyper focused on college from an early age and, what pp said, through red shirting, private schools, tutors etc. are gaming the system that way.

They do all that in LA and SF too.

I think it’s just that Singer was a west coast operation. Becoming a client was probably a word of mouth thing.

I bet there are similar schemes on the east coast.

If anyone in DC tried this, their own friends and social circle would turn them in. Rich & powerful people here keep score and keep track of the relative academic and athletic ranking of the kids at their kids schools, the kids from their Country Club friends and the kids of their coworkers. If anyone gets in a school surprisingly above their expectations, people here would ask questions.

this is a good point. DC has way too many narcs and milk monitor types

[Anonymous]

As someone originally from LA, I'll say it's because Singer has barely heard of DC and doesn't really know anyone here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is 20+ years ago, but my well off roommate told the story of her well-off cousin getting into Harvard despite having Bs on her record because her parents paid a $300K donation to her well-known private school. Said private school then gave her an award for being the most exceptional student of the year (even though she didn't have the highest grades) and wrote her spectacular recommendations and used their connections with the admissions office to get her admitted.

Sure. But it's not mail fraud. Which is what these people got nailed for. I'd think people in dc are smarter about those types of crimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see no one in the area called out in the fraud scam. Why is this? I have a few theories:

1) Singer hadn't cracked the DC/east coast market yet
2) People in DC are doing this but it's sneakier so it hasn't been found out yet
3) people in DC would not be interested in this fraud, it's too beyond the pail for even us

what do you think?

LA is a dumb liberal bubble.

DC is a smart liberal bubble.

this was EXACTLY what my husband said last night when we were discussing

Do we know all the parents were liberal, like that big-shot lawyer? No, we don’t.

Or the packaging czar? The celebrities were the obvious folks for the media to latch onto, and odds are they’re dems (although we don’t even know that for sure). But we have no clue about the politics or geography of everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is 20+ years ago, but my well off roommate told the story of her well-off cousin getting into Harvard despite having Bs on her record because her parents paid a $300K donation to her well-known private school. Said private school then gave her an award for being the most exceptional student of the year (even though she didn't have the highest grades) and wrote her spectacular recommendations and used their connections with the admissions office to get her admitted.

Sure. But it's not mail fraud. Which is what these people got nailed for. I'd think people in dc are smarter about those types of crimes.

+1. Huge donations are totally legal, even if they’re dishonest and anti-meritocratic in their own way. W, Trump, Trump’s kids, and Jared all went the legal route. Not surprised Trump had Cohen threaten Penn about his academic record.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see no one in the area called out in the fraud scam. Why is this? I have a few theories:

1) Singer hadn't cracked the DC/east coast market yet
2) People in DC are doing this but it's sneakier so it hasn't been found out yet
3) people in DC would not be interested in this fraud, it's too beyond the pail for even us

what do you think?

combo of 1 and 2.

DC people have more connections to real political power and so can pull strings through the back door more and don't need side doors as much as california new money.

It's definitely NOT 3.

Option 4. People in DC are doing it, their provider is also under investigation and they will be found out soon.

[Anonymous]

Political contributions of the indicted parents -- Huffington Post posted a story https://www.huffpost.com/entry/political-donors-college-admissions-scandal_n_5c883861e4b0fbd7661ed2fb

Some gave to Dems, others gave to Mitt Romney, some gave to Ds and Rs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was surprised to see no one in the area called out in the fraud scam. Why is this? I have a few theories:

1) Singer hadn't cracked the DC/east coast market yet
2) People in DC are doing this but it's sneakier so it hasn't been found out yet
3) people in DC would not be interested in this fraud, it's too beyond the pail for even us

what do you think?

combo of 1 and 2.

DC people have more connections to real political power and so can pull strings through the back door more and don't need side doors as much as california new money.

It's definitely NOT 3.

Option 4. People in DC are doing it, their provider is also under investigation and they will be found out soon.

ding ding ding

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there are plenty of DMV families destroying evidence this weekend

Agreed.