Operation Varsity Blues
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Anonymous
Um. Stanford is not an Ivy. I went to an actual Ivy. We knew who the kids were that bought their way in, and we knew the others. It’s pretty obvious. |
Anonymous
He admitted he put forth to admissions 2 applicants as sailing recruits that were not actual recruits. That's worth some jail time. |
Anonymous
Yeah but there’s more to the story. He talked about how the head athletic coach knew Rick Singer and he just dropped by the first time to meet the sailing coach. This scandal goes a lot deeper than the sailing coach and he ended up being the fall guy. |
Anonymous
| My guess is that someone at Stanford thought the sailing coach would go for the plan so they sent Rick Singer his way. |
Anonymous
I think it's already forgotten. Does anyone post about the scandal in threads where these schools are mentioned? I saw Wake in a thread just the other day. Georgetown Stanford UCLA U San Diego USC UT Austin Wake Forest Yale |
Anonymous
Of course it's forgotten! People understand this for what it is, a minuscule anomaly, and treat it as such. Systemic issues - e.g. Asians being deprived of admission under "holistic bullcrap" pretenses - are systemic and are here to stay, and yeah, people want them gone. In the Varsity Blues scenario, there's also the irony of how it's OK to bribe institutions but not OK to bribe one their minions which has people rolling their eyes. If the crime was really that serious, why not throw these folks in jail for years and not a few weeks as was done? If they had tried that every case would have been fought and the prosecution would have lost in a Jury trial. All it takes is one. It was all a big joke! |
Anonymous
Apologies - you are correct! I often get that one wrong bc Stanford is strong in certain areas of study. I agree that the kids who bought their way in are glaringly obvious - both throughout senior year in high school and well afterward! The parents do them no favors. |
Anonymous
BINGO. |
Anonymous
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The strangest thing about this is that LL's husband is reputed to be a billionaire or close to.
They could afford to get in the old fashioned, legal way! |
Anonymous
Yes, and they had the next sailing coach down take the fall. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| I wish the documentary had listed all of the schools involved and the amount of money allegedly (or admittedly) being "donated" to each. |
Anonymous
| Good point. There must be info out there. |
Anonymous
But as Singer kept reminding them, the “back door” wasn’t/isn’t a guarantee! You could be out millions of dollars and all for nothing! These parents wanted a 100% guarantee of admission — hence, the need for bribery. |
Anonymous
Lol it's literally more prestigious that all the Ivies save Harvard. |