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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]Duppers
(28,120 posts)51. The Ivy Leagues are the worst, especially at the undergrad level.
Grad school differ by departments at these schools.
Do most people whose parents' wealth got them into these schools know that? A good many do. I'm sure Shrub and tRump knew and these hollow men have gone thru life trying to be something they are not.
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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