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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The documentary is now available on Netflix! Its a must watch for DCUM!! From the documentary its clear that prestigious universities accept students who are rich, well connected, celebrities or children of celebrities, politicians, businessmen etc. very few get in on pure merit. Most are average students like Jared Kushner. Also seems like just any applicant can lie about their race/ethnicity to get a leg up. Also, Rick Singer is just one person who was caught in the admissions scandal. There must be many more Rick Singers who have not been caught!!
But since most people are obsessed with prestige the parents and students are not going to stop trying to get into these prestigious colleges! [/quote]

OP, I watched, and while it was interesting, there's no evidence that "most are average students like Jared Kushner." What we know is that "some are average students like Jared Kushner, whose dad gave $2.5 million to Harvard before he got in." And the documentary is making the point not that connected people get in, but that they were convinced (perhaps rightly) that their kids wouldn't get in without the illegal side door, which Rick Singer shared with them. The difference between them and me is that they could pay what Singer was asking, and that they were corrupt enough to do it.

I was struck by how much the athletic recruiting aspect of these schools is open to corruption. (And how much athletics is its own center of power, even if it's not the main mission of higher ed. Since the school newspaper, the orchestra, and the film club aren't money makers, they don't have the pull to bring in superstars in those areas, outside of the normal admissions process.)[/quote]

Is $2.5 million enough?  Maybe the promise of more later?  It just doesn't seem like that much.  Not that I'm a fan or anything, I'm just surprised by that small amount.  [/quote]

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