Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were among more than four dozen people charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scandal that involved paying up to $6 million to place their children into elite universities, according to court records revealed Tuesday. The alleged scam -- which involved placing students in top colleges such as Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, University of Southern California, UCLA and the University of Texas -- was run by a man in California, William Rick Singer, who helped parents get their children into the schools through bribes, court documents unsealed in Boston showed Most of the students did not know their admission to the school were due to a bribe, authorities said. The children’s parents would pay a specified amount of money fully aware it would be used to gain college admission. The money would then go toward an SAT or ACT administrator or a college athletic coach who would fake a profile for the prospective student — regardless of their athletic ability, according to the charging documents. Singer, who owned the company Edge College & Career Network, would help his clients' children by having another individual take SAT or ACT tests on behalf of the students. Huffman and her husband allegedly helped their daughter with her college admission by making a “purported charitable contribution of $15,000...to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme,” the documents said. “Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so." The court documents also stated that "[Loughlin] agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team -- despite the fact that they did not participate in crew -- thereby facilitating their admission to USC." https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-entrance-exam-cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just watching the press conference now. Jesus it’s proof money buys fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Just watching the press conference now. Jesus it’s proof money buys fraud. Look what it did for trump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Look what it did for trump Yup a perfect example. The really sad part is students who worked hard did very well on their sat test couldn’t get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Typical Trumpsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Yup a perfect example. The really sad part is students who worked hard did very well on their sat test couldn’t get in. That's terrible. Just like many people who want to come here legally cant. Because. … well ya know how that story ends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 59 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Look what it did for trump 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted March 12, 2019 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 55 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Yup a perfect example. The really sad part is students who worked hard did very well on their sat test couldn’t get in. Same could be said for affirmative action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Does this surprise anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Does this surprise anyone? No, and if it does they must not leave the house much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkevsdi Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 minute ago, steve from amherst said: No, and if it does they must not leave the house much. Exactly Money can keep you out of jail and get you into the right schools. It'll even buy you term papers. I doubt anyone who has heard George Bush talk thinks he got into Yale on his own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just now, revkevsdi said: Exactly Money can keep you out of jail and get you into the right schools. It'll even buy you term papers. I doubt anyone who has heard George Bush talk thinks he got into Yale on his own. Thanks , now we have to see dan come in with his evils of capitalism speech, fuck me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 9 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Exactly Money can keep you out of jail and get you into the right schools. It'll even buy you term papers. I doubt anyone who has heard George Bush talk thinks he got into Yale on his own. Or Trudeau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted March 12, 2019 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 Jesus they got a tax deduction on top of it. Singer would help his clients' children by having another individual take SAT or ACT tests on behalf of the students, officials said. Parents would allegedly pay up to $75,000 for each test and wire money to "charitable accounts." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoughnut Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Exactly Money can keep you out of jail and get you into the right schools. It'll even buy you term papers. I doubt anyone who has heard George Bush talk thinks he got into Yale on his own. I'm thinking it took a few bucks to get Georgie through the door at Yale. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, revkevsdi said: Exactly Money can keep you out of jail and get you into the right schools. It'll even buy you term papers. I doubt anyone who has heard George Bush talk thinks he got into Yale on his own. 12 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said: Or Trudeau. I had a bush one as well but SN beat me to it. I'll post it anyways. Edited March 12, 2019 by irv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 hour ago, irv said: I had a bush one as well but SN beat me to it. I'll post it anyways. OMG Sam Rockwell played him perfectly in the movie. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtralettucetomatoe580 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 So the rich and powerful haven’t been buying admission to too tier universities since the conception of them?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Highmark said: Jesus they got a tax deduction on top of it. Singer would help his clients' children by having another individual take SAT or ACT tests on behalf of the students, officials said. Parents would allegedly pay up to $75,000 for each test and wire money to "charitable accounts." Charitable accounts hey. Impossibru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said: So the rich and powerful haven’t been buying admission to too tier universities since the conception of them?? A better question would be if their dumb kids get in with fake test scores and then pass, what good is that program in the first place? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) WGAF, some rich people bought there kids into for the most part high priced colleges filled with rich people. Edited March 12, 2019 by Angry ginger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 12, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 31 minutes ago, Angry ginger said: WGAF, some rich people bought there kids into for the most part high priced colleges filled with rich people. Well they don't want them hooking up with white trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 What a racket college has become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 3 minutes ago, Carlos Danger said: What a racket college has become. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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