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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, what you people and this article is telling me, is that kids at small colleges, that so many would scoff at are in fact working harder and are possibly smarter than kids at these prestigious schools where parents are buying the degrees? I have to say that this rubs me wrong. If I had millions, I could have just contacted the prestigious school and donated money to get my kid in?  How much money buys you an acceptance and a degree at Harvard? As an immigrant to the US, my older kid is going to college and working hard at a small, not prestigious at all college that we can afford, and there was no way he could have even gotten into one of these Ivies even with a 4.3 GPA, due to not good SAT score because English was not his first language but as a citizen he had to have that, at least that is what he was told. So much, for land of opportunity, more like opportunism.[/quote]

US is about the only developed country where parents (or grandparents) can buy their kids admission to elite private universities. No other developed country allows this practice. Not even China and not even South Korea. US is the only developed country lacking universal healthcare and the only country allowing this shameful "bribery". [/quote]

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