Aunt Becky is married to mossimo... like the clothing? Am I reading that right? That's some $.

Anonymous wrote:Just not worth it. And to a lesser extent, the frenzy over what big 3 your child attends is fueling this race-to-the-bottom. Yes, some send their children their for reasons unrelated to college placement, but many are hoping it's a ticket to ivy league -- and it goes all the way back to choosing the right preschool to get into the right big 3 etc. How much advantage does a child attending an ivy really get over peers? Would getting a full ride to a well regarded state school lead to a worse outcome? This whole college keeping up with the jones is crazy and what is the real benefit at the end of the day/

Going to an ivy affords a huge opportunity to kids not a guarantee. There are definitely many newly minted multimillionaires form each class and some billionaires too. So it allows kids to start the career on a great trajectory. Some people fall off along the way at various points. They may develop an addiction or get sick. They may also choose a non lucrative career or choose not to work. They may become regular employees or government workers. But walking out of ivy almost everyone has the opportunity to pick a fully loaded high socioeconomic path that is not available to other graduates. The ivy recent grads in this area have for the most part have rejected that path so looking at your local neighbors and saying they are regular most of them opted out to do something DC oriented as at he point of graduation. If you are choosing to go to the government or a job affiliated with the government the student has made a choice to not maximize earned income but something else

It doesn't surprise me. But it is sad. Desperate people do desperate things.

For some folks the idea of not having the absolute best is just intolerable. If they have to play dirty to get what they want, they'll do just that. Greed.

Anonymous wrote:There was some at my DD’s private that got recruited to play tennis at an ivy, took a gap year, & never even joined the team when she got to campus. I wonder if it was something like this USC crew incident or the Penn basketball scandal right now.

There is a family at my daughter's private who have sent 3 girls to Princeton lacrosse over the last 6 years. Only one of the three actually plays in games consistently, the other two are on the roster but dont get into games. The family is flashy rich (the tacky kind); I wouldnt put them above bribing their way in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full list of those charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

can any of your attys tell us the difference between charged by information, complaint and indictment?

The first group is the ringleaders / SAT people.

Second group are the coaches.

Last group are the parents.

I think....

I think one of the people was the former Georgetown tennis coach.

Let see manaford got 40 months for betraying his country.

Rich white people don't go to jail for stuff like this.

Anonymous wrote:Full list of those charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

can any of your attys tell us the difference between charged by information, complaint and indictment?

Stanford sailing coach pleading guilty.

Anonymous wrote:Yale woman soccer coach took $400k to take a woman who didn't even play competitive soccer. $1.2 million paid to the consulting service for this.

Amazing and disgusting.

Hope the mail fraud charges bring jail time.

One of the parents paid $1.2 M.

That's a lot of money.

Full list of those charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

Anonymous wrote:Yale woman soccer coach took $400k to take a woman who didn't even play competitive soccer. $1.2 million paid to the consulting service for this.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/03/12/former-women-soccer-coach-yale-faces-federal-charges-bribery-plot-tied-school-acceptance/EMSUoJyST0cWH03EBYL3yM/story.html

I guess the kid/parents really took they phrase “Yale or fail” seriously

Yale woman soccer coach took $400k to take a woman who didn't even play competitive soccer. $1.2 million paid to the consulting service for this.

How sad that Lori Loughlin paid $500k and only got them into USC!

Thankfully, the one has her YouTube channel to fall back on.