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I'm the teacher who wrote about the student whose parents bribed and bullied to ensure their child got the grades and recs he needed (plus, they lied in the essay).  1.  It was very easy for them to pay the teachers and counsellors to do this.  This was an international school where the US/UK teachers received plus packages and the "local hires" received the equivalent of $500 per month, and local hires taught some core subject classes.  I am sure there were some US/UK teachers who accepted the bribe money in that case as well, and I am sure there are also teachers in the US who would give grades or recs for enough money.  2.  No, they didn't check to confirm the facts in the essay.  I don't know how they could have done this, or what they might have expected for confirmation of this story.  3.  The father was a high level diplomat, and I know he had his colleagues supplying reference as well.

The student was high average.  He was also mean and disrespectful to teachers and peers, and participated in no extracurriculars in high school.  His father got him one internship at the embassy during a summer, and he quit after a week.  There were no hooks, and no, I don't think applying from overseas is a hook at all.  I have been teaching in international schools for almost 15 years, and every year many students apply to US universities.  Ivy acceptances seem to be rarer among these students than they were among the students I taught back when I lived in the US.  [/quote]
I'm sure this is probably true...but it seems like a pretty unusual situation that was facilitated by the kid's father's position. Hardly likely that it's super common.[/quote]

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