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zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
4. It has always been so
Wed Mar 13, 2019, 08:44 AM
Mar 2019

These knuckle heads were just dumb enough to actually break the law. There's no law against donating huge sums to a university and getting your kid in. Done correctly, you might even be able to take a tax deduction. And quite honestly, for much of the fuss being made, the Trumps, Kennedy's, and Kushners of the world probably aren't "taking" anyone's place. Harvard can choose to admit 1100, or 1101 students if they want. The real travesty was the scholarship that went to some kind for Crew that didn't know squat about it. Or the 5th chair in the orchestra that didn't play an instrument. There was some deserving kid that missed out there so that the coach, or instructor, could basically take a bribe.

I went to high school keith sw Mar 2019 #1
I don't understand this at all? I thought that's the way it always worked even back in the 70s... PeeJ52 Mar 2019 #2
That is the just of my thread! imanamerican63 Mar 2019 #3
Yeah... I agree... PeeJ52 Mar 2019 #5
It has always been so zipplewrath Mar 2019 #4
This right winger I know, claims... dubyadiprecession Mar 2019 #6
My thoughts... Blue_playwright Mar 2019 #7
750 families gamed the system. Blue_playwright Mar 2019 #8
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