The college admissions scandal reveals unpleasant cultural forces and status anxiety that fuel such risky gambles
A Chinese pharmaceutical billionaire allegedly paid $6.5 million to snag his daughter a place at Stanford University.
Even judging by the recent college-admissions scandal, this figure is shocking.
A Chinese pharmaceutical billionaire allegedly paid $6.5 million to snag his daughter a place at Stanford University. The family reportedly used the same contact, William “Rick” Singer, a college-admissions consultant, who helped families get their kids into colleges in the recent $25 million college-admissions scandal. A spokeswoman for Stanford told The Los Angeles Times this week that Singer allegedly received the $6.5 million, not Stanford University. The family was not cited in the recent federal court case involving multiple families.
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What’s the difference in getting in for free because of skin color via US government? What am I missing?
ReplyDeleteThe difference is $25 million for the colleges
ReplyDeleteYeah, but the parents said they were duped. They thought everyone paid that to get into Stanford.
ReplyDeleteYes it is bad for the parents to pay to get their kid into college. But I have pondered this for weeks. Why is it that the people who paid are getting the brunt of the outcry and not the folks that accepted the money?? Just seems strange to me
ReplyDeleteJust seems strange to me
ReplyDeleteMay 7, 2019 at 4:29 PM:
What we are becoming aware of is BRIBERY to PUBLIC institutions. The bribes help pay for the expansion of those universities and the outrageous salaries of their Administrators (and the University Yacht). It's all about power and money. And nobody is calling it what it is (bribery) because the funds end up in a University's pockets for the Administrators to spend. They live and spend like kings, with no real oversight.