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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, one point of clarification on the crew/athletics front.

The kids never turned up for crew. So there was no oversight, and no coach or AD to notice the student was not "built like a rower" or whatever.

The "recruited athlete" piece was ONLY for admissions, to get the bar low enough that these kids could cross it.

Which, if you think about it, is amazing. These students had literally every educational and social privilege possible. Prestigious PK-12 private schools, essay coaches, admissions advisors, test tutors - and they still needed a lower bar to get into college.

That's shocking when you look at it. [/quote]

These are kids who should have started at community college and lived at home. Their parents' egos couldn't accept that reality.

This scandal is so much more about the parents than it is about the kids. It's all about "saving face" for the parents among their peer group.

You can bribe your kid's way into Yale or Georgetown. [b]But if he's not smart, he's not going to be successful at a hedge fund or law firm.[/b] In fact, your mediocre sum will become a ripe target for the much smarter and morally devoid individuals who travel in those circles.[/quote]

My husband has worked at a hedge fund. You do not need to smart to work at a hedge fund (Except for the quants). You need a network - which many wealthy people have.

Let's not confuse intelligence with connections.[/quote]

Exactly.  This notion that bad behavior is somehow self-policing because the rich kid is just going to fail eventually, is naive.[/quote]

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