Shocking news: Rich people cheat to give their kids an advantage!

'So that's what he was up to': Rick Singer, architect of scam, peddled a 'side door' to college admissions

William "Rick" Singer said he had the inside scoop on getting into college, and anyone could get in on it with his book, "Getting In: Gaining Admission To Your College of Choice."

"This book is full of secrets," he said in Chapter 1 before dispensing advice on personal branding, test-taking and college essays.

But Singer had even bigger secrets, and those would cost up to $1.2 million.

Federal prosecutors revealed those secrets in hundreds of pages of court documents Tuesday, charging Singer with being the author of a multi-million dollar scheme to cheat on admissions tests and bribe college coaches. The result: Dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents got their under-qualified children into elite colleges like Yale, Georgetown and Stanford.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/03/12/college-scam-rick-singer-william-singer-felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin/3142687002/



WHAT? Rich people rig the game? What a shock!

Deus X wrote:'So that's what he was up to': Rick Singer, architect of scam, peddled a 'side door' to college admissions

William "Rick" Singer said he had the inside scoop on getting into college, and anyone could get in on it with his book, "Getting In: Gaining Admission To Your College of Choice."

"This book is full of secrets," he said in Chapter 1 before dispensing advice on personal branding, test-taking and college essays.

But Singer had even bigger secrets, and those would cost up to $1.2 million.

Federal prosecutors revealed those secrets in hundreds of pages of court documents Tuesday, charging Singer with being the author of a multi-million dollar scheme to cheat on admissions tests and bribe college coaches. The result: Dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents got their under-qualified children into elite colleges like Yale, Georgetown and Stanford.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/03/12/college-scam-rick-singer-william-singer-felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin/3142687002/



WHAT? Rich people rig the game? What a shock!

What a horrible thing to do to your child.

For every grift in this country, there is a case study within the Trump administration.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/jared-kusher-college-admissions-story-shady-but-legal.html

Floridatexan wrote:What a horrible thing to do to your child.

Georgetown Rich Kid ‘Gloated’ After Allegedly Cheating SATs


According to her LinkedIn page, Isabelle Henriquez is “a rapid learner” who enjoys “finding the problem and taking a step back to observe all possible solutions.”

According to the FBI, Isabelle Henriquez solved the problem of getting accepted by Georgetown University by knowingly cheating on her SATs—and participating in a $25 million cash-for-college scheme that could send her parents to prison.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgetown-rich-kid-isabelle-henriquez-gloated-after-allegedly-cheating-sats?ref=home


"A rapid learner" indeed!

What I'm waiting to find out (may be waiting a while) is what will colleges do to kids who've gained entry in this fashion, presuming the college admin wasn't complicit? Kick them out/revoke their credits/nullify their degrees? Or nothing at all?

RealLindaL wrote:What I'm waiting to find out (may be waiting a while) is what will colleges do to kids who've gained entry in this fashion, presuming the college admin wasn't complicit?   Kick them out/revoke their credits/nullify their degrees?  Or nothing at all?

There will be a case by case review (announced on the news last night). Here's another link:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/college-admissions-scam-lori-loughlin-felicity-huffman-807208/

Singer entered a guilty plea on Tuesday. Here's more on him:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rick-singer-college-admissions-scam-807736/

"Everybody knows the fight is fixed. The poor stay poor and the rich get rich. That's how it goes, everybody knows."