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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re seeing this at our school - a few kids have parents who work at hospitals with med schools affiliated. They do research and get co-author. Know Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth admits who did this.[/quote] But what you are describing is not pay to play. Your example is one in which parents use their connections to get summer internships/jobs for their kids. How is that different than the wealthy, big law partners, high-level congressional & WH staffers, famous media people opening doors for great internships for their kids? And if the kid has contributed time and effort toward the project it is not cheating for them to be included in the list of authors. Additionally, AOs should be able to look at the overall portfolio, areas of demonstrated interest/rigorous study, other ECs and teacher recs to determine if kid contributed in a meaningful way to the project or if evidence of that appears a bit thin.[/quote]
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