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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there really that many "Jared Kushners" (at the extreme end) or is this scandal being blown way out of proportion? Trying to remember, the only few genuine idiots I ever encountered in college were legitimate athletes, and even then we're talking a handful of teens out of my class of about 2,000.[/quote]

I honestly don't think there are that many.  I'm not sure about "connected".  I can believe children of professors, politicians, etc. would be more likely to be admitted although it's hard to tell what % they would make up.  But outright fraud or bought in?  Not likely.  How many people are making 1 million donations to colleges?  Very few I'm sure.  And apparently the ringleader of the Varsity Blues fraud said that the reason the parents wanted to spend the money cheating instead of simply making a donation was become it seemed more certain to them.  A big donation was no guarantee that their kid would get admitted, so that tells you something there.  I imagine someone would have to donate at least $500,000 to get an unqualified kid admitted and I don't think many people are really doing that.  Even those who have the means wouldn't necessarily want to do it, because it would be public record, and most people don't want their kid to have the stigma of having had the parents "buy them into" a school. [/quote]

Higher than you think. From our private each year, the wealthy gets in through athletic recruiting plus $$$ or just $$$. About 30% of class goes to ivies = 36 and about 50% to 75% are due to $$$.

Look at Harvard Z list - those are $$$$. So if there are 10 to 20 on the list, it doesn’t include the $$$ that got in during SCEA or RD.[/quote]

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