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In reply to the discussion: I just read the College Scandal Indictments - I know 6 people on that list charged and 2 are parents [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)12. OOPS! Thanks!
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I just read the College Scandal Indictments - I know 6 people on that list charged and 2 are parents [View all]
Pachamama
Mar 2019
OP
Are the parents on the list for cheating for themselves or cheating for the kid?
Renew Deal
Mar 2019
#3
Oh man, these kids who didn't know, who have been betrayed by their parents - the full force of
Leghorn21
Mar 2019
#4
Right. Also, I took the test in two separate years, and I did a lot better the second time.
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#65
Yeah, there is so much of this I don't understand at this point, j, and I may never -
Leghorn21
Mar 2019
#25
"In fact, cheating to get into a college you wouldn't otherwise get into is a good sign...
3catwoman3
Mar 2019
#16
RE your husband's experience, ugh! The wealthy keep saying the system is rigged;
jrthin
Mar 2019
#124
My personal experience was v different.My friends with specific degrees went straight into careers
Hekate
Mar 2019
#73
I graduated from a Comm. College, and I now advise clients whether they should take guilty pleas.
Progressive Law
Mar 2019
#49
I know a former community college student that has a bachelors, two masters, and a doctorate
Renew Deal
Mar 2019
#88
I went to a community college back in CT and wound up a respected literary agent in Hollywood.
TeamPooka
Mar 2019
#123
Lori Laughlin's supposed to be some holy roller. Her next series, she's in "Full Inda Big House!"
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2019
#18
And the more that I think about this whole thing, this makes that USC degree mean just a little less
WillowTree
Mar 2019
#54
The student didn't know - she had good (legit) scores and grades - but the parents paid to have
Pachamama
Mar 2019
#98
I think that we will be hearing more in future of big sweeping changes in how the admissions and
Pachamama
Mar 2019
#113
The status of parents depends on where their kids go to school and what they do after
cally
Mar 2019
#42
I didn't read the scandal. What makes this different than what Harvard, Yale, etc. grads
napi21
Mar 2019
#52
I don't feel sympathy for any of these people. If your parents have that much money
SweetieD
Mar 2019
#59
I feel bad for the students involved, most of whom apparently didn't know what their parents
pnwmom
Mar 2019
#63
I'm so very sorry, Pachamama. When bad events hit close to home, it really hurts. nt
Hekate
Mar 2019
#71
This kind of thing was sort of an open secret when I was in my senior year of high school
DFW
Mar 2019
#72
I know. I felt bad for any kid who was reading this on her phone, finding out
MaryMagdaline
Mar 2019
#74
On the other side of the coin my very close friend's daughter wanted desperately to go to USC
MaryMagdaline
Mar 2019
#75
Having just gone through the college AP process with my son, I don't see how the kids
onecaliberal
Mar 2019
#132