Operation Varsity Blues

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why y'all are surprised by this. Most of you practice this on a smaller scale anyways. The private counselor that "didn't write" your kids' essays, the charity work that your DC did because "they were so passionate about that cause", the cool website your DC "built on their own"...

Search your souls people!

Oh ok, we're terrible but you are the diamond in the rough here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The book "The Price of Admissions" thoroughly explains the donor/legacy/celebrity/athlete preferences in the Ivy League and other prestigious schools and was published back in 2007. And that's just the non-illegal ways people get in. When you consider the low % admitted and that a majority of those fit one of the hook categories, there are very, very few kids who get in on their own academic merits alone.

+1

Part of why the parents in this area are so stuck their kids playing sports, even if they suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After watching how easy it was to bribe the coaches, is it unimaginable that admission officers don’t take bribes? Or don’t worry accept kids from families they know? Is it so hard to imagine? Its not for me.

You have people making not very much money making decisions that people with a lot of money have a lot riding on. If you think about the conditions where you'd expect bribery, this seems like a big one

The admissions officers are under more scrutiny than the coaches, and the uncouth helicopter/sports/stage moms know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why y'all are surprised by this. Most of you practice this on a smaller scale anyways. The private counselor that "didn't write" your kids' essays, the charity work that your DC did because "they were so passionate about that cause", the cool website your DC "built on their own"...

Search your souls people!

Oh ok, we're terrible but you are the diamond in the rough here

I am not. My kid's going to a "lowly" state school. Y'all are the glass shards pretending to be diamonds. Most of your "500+ service hours" kids that got into top school are the ones that end up becoming date-rapists..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why y'all are surprised by this. Most of you practice this on a smaller scale anyways. The private counselor that "didn't write" your kids' essays, the charity work that your DC did because "they were so passionate about that cause", the cool website your DC "built on their own"...

Search your souls people!

Oh ok, we're terrible but you are the diamond in the rough here

I am not. My kid's going to a "lowly" state school. Y'all are the glass shards pretending to be diamonds. Most of your "500+ service hours" kids that got into top school are the ones that end up becoming date-rapists..

Wow, you have issues or are you day drinking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why y'all are surprised by this. Most of you practice this on a smaller scale anyways. The private counselor that "didn't write" your kids' essays, the charity work that your DC did because "they were so passionate about that cause", the cool website your DC "built on their own"...

Search your souls people!

Oh ok, we're terrible but you are the diamond in the rough here

I am not. My kid's going to a "lowly" state school. Y'all are the glass shards pretending to be diamonds. Most of your "500+ service hours" kids that got into top school are the ones that end up becoming date-rapists..

Well, that escalated quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why y'all are surprised by this. Most of you practice this on a smaller scale anyways. The private counselor that "didn't write" your kids' essays, the charity work that your DC did because "they were so passionate about that cause", the cool website your DC "built on their own"...

Search your souls people!

Oh ok, we're terrible but you are the diamond in the rough here

I am not. My kid's going to a "lowly" state school. Y'all are the glass shards pretending to be diamonds. Most of your "500+ service hours" kids that got into top school are the ones that end up becoming date-rapists..

Wow, you have issues or are you day drinking?

Both. Wanna buy me a drink?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here- you all are right. But what was kind of shocking to me was how easy it was to make someone into a bogus athlete. If its so easy to fudge such credentials, and have someone take the SAT for you. You begin to wonder who else is involved and what other ways people use to get in

I did terribly in high school (and college). Nobody took the SAT for me, but I took a lot of my high school tests in "resource room" and the teacher there would gesture to wrong answers I was giving and indicate they were wrong and point to the right answers. She did this for many tests. I had extended time on the SAT (which didn't help at all) but nobody gave me answers or changed mine (if they did, I should demand my money back since I got a 780). But when I was taking some "need this to graduate" test for social studies, I gave it in knowing I had failed and I saw three teachers hovering over it and then later they told me I passed. "HOW?!" "Don't worry about it." I know they changed some of my answers. My parents didn't know about any of this, no money exchanged hands, there were no bribes or promises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- you all are right. But what was kind of shocking to me was how easy it was to make someone into a bogus athlete. If its so easy to fudge such credentials, and have someone take the SAT for you. You begin to wonder who else is involved and what other ways people use to get in

I did terribly in high school (and college). Nobody took the SAT for me, but I took a lot of my high school tests in "resource room" and the teacher there would gesture to wrong answers I was giving and indicate they were wrong and point to the right answers. She did this for many tests. I had extended time on the SAT (which didn't help at all) but nobody gave me answers or changed mine (if they did, I should demand my money back since I got a 780). But when I was taking some "need this to graduate" test for social studies, I gave it in knowing I had failed and I saw three teachers hovering over it and then later they told me I passed. "HOW?!" "Don't worry about it." I know they changed some of my answers. My parents didn't know about any of this, no money exchanged hands, there were no bribes or promises.

similar behavior has landed teachers in jail https://www.npr.org/2019/02/16/695344751/former-teacher-blames-education-policymakers-for-atlanta-cheating-scandal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- you all are right. But what was kind of shocking to me was how easy it was to make someone into a bogus athlete. If its so easy to fudge such credentials, and have someone take the SAT for you. You begin to wonder who else is involved and what other ways people use to get in

I did terribly in high school (and college). Nobody took the SAT for me, but I took a lot of my high school tests in "resource room" and the teacher there would gesture to wrong answers I was giving and indicate they were wrong and point to the right answers. She did this for many tests. I had extended time on the SAT (which didn't help at all) but nobody gave me answers or changed mine (if they did, I should demand my money back since I got a 780). But when I was taking some "need this to graduate" test for social studies, I gave it in knowing I had failed and I saw three teachers hovering over it and then later they told me I passed. "HOW?!" "Don't worry about it." I know they changed some of my answers. My parents didn't know about any of this, no money exchanged hands, there were no bribes or promises.

similar behavior has landed teachers in jail https://www.npr.org/2019/02/16/695344751/former-teacher-blames-education-policymakers-for-atlanta-cheating-scandal

As it should! Coaches who admit slackers, too, BTW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed! The whole admission process is a scam for the Ivy League! They just accept kids from influential backgrounds, bogus athletes etc

That why no one wants to go there for undergrad.

You know, there is some truth to this - certain (ie: opposite of coach arse kissing parents) parents avoid D1 for this reason - can't say I blame them. Do you want your kids at a school where athletes get away with most anything (ie: cheating or Brock Turner types and worse)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can an applicant lie about their race/ethnicity? Isn’t their actual race noted in the high school transcript, or counselor’s recommendation?

If you get 23 & Me, you can find that 1% or less of an under-represented minority to check on the application.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed! The whole admission process is a scam for the Ivy League! They just accept kids from influential backgrounds, bogus athletes etc

Not in hockey for sure! Hockey players (many NHL signees or bound).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why y'all are surprised by this. Most of you practice this on a smaller scale anyways. The private counselor that "didn't write" your kids' essays, the charity work that your DC did because "they were so passionate about that cause", the cool website your DC "built on their own"...

Search your souls people!

Oh ok, we're terrible but you are the diamond in the rough here

I am not. My kid's going to a "lowly" state school. Y'all are the glass shards pretending to be diamonds. Most of your "500+ service hours" kids that got into top school are the ones that end up becoming date-rapists..

Wow, you have issues or are you day drinking?

Damn, that sounds kind of date-rapey. Glad you are in a position of privilege to day drink and post...good for you good human, must be a great life.

Both. Wanna buy me a drink?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can an applicant lie about their race/ethnicity? Isn’t their actual race noted in the high school transcript, or counselor’s recommendation?

If you get 23 & Me, you can find that 1% or less of an under-represented minority to check on the application.

One has to be a quarter (25%) of a minority to check a race box.