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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone explain this to me:

Once these students were admitted, how were they supposed to keep up with their coursework? Were the parents planning to bribe the professors or administrators? Did Singer continue to facilitate bribes after enrollment? What would the endgame be?[/quote]

This is what I'm wondering. It's one thing to bribe your kid's way in to college, but how did they actually expect them to graduate?[/quote]

It doesn't matter if they graduate, but even attending for a year or so is a decent credential while they try to figure out what to do with their lives.

It's also harder to get into some of these schools than graduate. They can also easily afford a 5-year plan, so there is time to re-take classes etc.[/quote]

I went to Stanford.  Believe me, there were complete idiots who managed to graduate just by picking an easy major.  [/quote]

And by paying people like me to do their work for them.  I attended two whole classes in my time at my university as another student.  They were both from wealthy families and terrible at math.  My university didn't make you show ID for any tests (and still doesn't, from what I hear), you just had to write your student number on your test.  The key was to stick to the larger lecture courses with 100+ students where you could just blend in.  I know someone who pretended to be another student in the lab portion of a biology course with only 35 other students.  Just thinking about doing that would make me anxious.

Trust me, cheating is still rampant in college.   [/quote]

I'm floored you actually posted this! You should start an AMA[/quote]

Seriously, please do. Do you know what happened to the students you "helped" later in life?[/quote]

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