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Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View PostAnother potential parent for the college admissions scandal.
The fencing coach at Harvard was selling his house. Someone bought it for nearly DOUBLE the assessed value. That someone turned out to have a son who got into Harvard right after that as part of the fencing team. (No athletic scholarships in the Ivy League but it's an open secret the admissions standards for 'athletes' are significantly lower than the average student). Rich millionaire never lives in the home and sells it months later for a $350,000 loss.
Millionaire insists there's a very innocent explanation for everything.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...1GK/story.html
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Its a big deal for these parents especially if they are at private schools. Its bragging rights or some facsimile of it. I was at a sports banquet and pretty much the whole conversation at the table was about who's kid is going where. Some people would rather pay full price at a more prestigious school than get a full ride academic scholarship to CMU or Grand Valley,
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Originally posted by Jeff Buchanan View Post.....AA, if Trump is "insane" as you assert, and I can agree with you based on his public behavior, inquiring Europrans ask, "why is he still the sitting president?"
IYO, what should I tell them?
Tell them the truth. The American political system put forth the two most reprehensible candidates possible in 2016. One was a power mad, holier-than-thou slimeball (Billary) and one was a buffoonish, egotistical, self proclaimed rapist (Chump). Voters were sick of this re-occurring theme and it boiled over. Of the two, they picked the most unqualified scum as a joke figuring he would never get elected. That sick-and-tired-of-it-all group was large enough that when coupled with the clinically brain dead, it was enough to install the worst possible choice with our counter intuitive electoral process. I would ordinarily say re-assure people that the US will correct its mistake in the upcoming election, but 2016 proved that someone with less societal value than a murderous pedophile can be elected to the Presidency. America has demonstrated that anyone truly has a shot at the highest office in the land.“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx
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Originally posted by Hannibal View Post
It's mind blowing how much these parents are paying for little more than reputation. Which isn't worthless but if your kid can't legitimately get into Harvard then, chances are, he's not going to take away a significantly better education than he would at Toledo or Eastern Michigan. $350,000? Jesus Christ.
But that shit's pervasive everywhere. Working in the Ohio oil & gas industry for almost a decade now and (at least at the bigger companies) you'd better believe that people that graduated from the same few petroleum engineering or petroleum management programs are in leadership positions everywhere. At least one industry where having names like "Oklahoma", "Texas Tech", or "Oklahoma State" on your degree will open doors for you right away.
Anyways, the nutty people aren't the ones willing to spend $50,000+ a year to send their kid to MIT or Harvard. It's the ones willing to spend the same amount to send them to Indiana Wesleyan or Ashland University (no offense, anybody).
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Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove View Post
Not just reputation but the networking. The high end corporate recruiting that goes on at elite campuses is pretty amazing. Likewise, if you want to clerk in the federal court system or work at one of the more prominent firms in America, you better go to a pretty select list of law schools.
But that shit's pervasive everywhere. Working in the Ohio oil & gas industry for almost a decade now and (at least at the bigger companies) you'd better believe that people that graduated from the same few petroleum engineering or petroleum management programs are in leadership positions everywhere. At least one industry where having names like "Oklahoma", "Texas Tech", or "Oklahoma State" on your degree will open doors for you right away.
Anyways, the nutty people aren't the ones willing to spend $50,000+ a year to send their kid to MIT or Harvard. It's the ones willing to spend the same amount to send them to Indiana Wesleyan or Ashland University (no offense, anybody).
This is true about the networking. It doesn't stop at the admissions process either. If you want to get into a sorority or a fraternity, you better have the right zip code.
The people caught up in the scandal don't seem to be in this boat though. The one thing I would say about pulling out the stops to get someone to Harvard when they are not top notch students is it would seem like they would struggle once they got there.
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why do Democrats talk in a different accent when speeking to black audiences?
Ocasio-Cortez speaks in an accent that she never uses while telling a room of predominately black people that there is nothing wrong with them folding clothe...
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Seriously using a black accent.... It's called patronizing, did she bring a bucket of Popeyes fried chicken and watermelon with her too? It plays on stereotypes and is evidence of what she really thinks of black people.
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A sneak peak of the upcoming 2020 election. Trumps America! a Tribute to 45! #Trump2020 #MAGA
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Longtime South Carolina Senator Fritz Hollings has died. Served for nearly 40 years
Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U. S. Senate, has died. He was 97. Family spokesman Andy Brack, who also served at times for Hollings as spokesman during his Senate career, said Hollings died early Saturday.
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