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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the downside of holistic admissions. Too easy to manipulate the results.

Yet another reason why schools should no longer be allowed to offer preferences or scholarships to athletes.

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It wasn't just athleticism. These parents paid people to take the SAT and ACTs in place of their kids and submit those scores in the admissions packet.

They'll get them on all counts of fraud.[/quote]

Look, colleges have been known to drop students if they do something inappropriate during their senior year of High School. This is outright fraud on the part of the students and their families. The students know they didn't take the SAT or ACT and yet mysteriously got a great score; the students know they don't play certain sports and yet are getting accepted due to their sports performance.[/quote]

But what about those kids who got in on sports X when they have never even played it? I don't see how this could not have been found out by the Universities.
And then what happens when those amazing athletes show up?

No way schools didn't realize something fishy was going on.[/quote]

The coach orders them on the bench for the first year and then off the team their sophomore year.

I'm sure they greased palms so no one questioned but it wouldn't have been too remarkable to have some 'extras' on the soccer or crew team that you just bench unless absolutely necessary. And these kids weren't getting athletic scholarships, just admission to the school based on performance levels.

No contract says they need to stay on the team especially since mommy and daddy bought them high SAT/ACT scores as well. [/quote][/quote]

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