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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d hate to be the offspring of a celebrity and currently in college right now.

Everyone is going to be side eyeing you and wondering how your parents pulled strings to get them in. [/quote]

True, but pretty sure everyone already knew how they got in. [/quote]

Rob Lowe’s son just tweeted out how hard he worked taking practice tests for the SATs and how terrible this bribery ring is.  He may not have cheated but being the kid of Rob Lowe is a huge hook [b]for him to get into college.[/quote]
Ya think?
I read the memoir written by Steve Jobs' older daughter a couple of months ago and it had a similar, pretty funny, episode. So the girl applies to Harvard and travels there for her interview; she has her mother's last name, Brennan, so the admissions lady, looking totally uninterested, asks her a couple of formal questions. Then the girl, somewhat 'offhandedly', mentions her father. "Oh, and what does your father do?" "He's the founder of this company named Apple". The admissions lady's expression immediately changes and she even leaves the room, then she comes back and continues the interview with way more interest.
Next thing the girl knows, there's the acceptance letter in the mail.

And, at that point, Steve Jobs didn't even donate anything to Harvard (I'm not sure if he ever did). But the 'development' prospects themselves![/quote]

Harvard was playing the long game. That 'girl' stood to inherit $100s of millions. Even if daddy didn't like them, she might give back in class fundraisers or when her own children attended as legacy admits or if she didn't have children - its not unheard of for people to will their estates to their former colleges or universities.[/quote]

Steve Jobs treated her and her mother like scum.  I’m actually really glad she got into Harvard.  He certainly wouldn’t have helped her get in.  He was such an ass.[/quote]

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