Posted on 03/14/2019 7:04:45 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
Where is IRS? Per Singer, the fixer, bribes were funneled through his charity.
When did they stop IQ tests?...I’ve seen people here say they know their IQ..I’m old and never knew mine. Maybe I was in the dummy class, tho.
Here's a tidbit: One thing I asked them is how many of them played with that Fischer-Price "shapes" sphere (put the shape through its space) when they were young. The correlation between those that did and those who earned a B+ or better in Geometry was very high.
I haven’t heard of any prominent politicians named. Just the so called famous people from hollywood,
You know there’s a bunch of prominent politicians who’s names are being held back at the moment.
I agree to an extent, but it will be easy to prove that the schools were well aware that a quid pro quo was involved. They are not naive.
Many lawsuits do not succeed in court but serve to elevate awareness of unethical or semi-legal practices that ultimately are eliminated or greatly disfavored. Ask yourself what the odds are today for a movie producers to implement the “casting couch”.
So even if these actions only serve to put a halt to “pay to play” or at least minimize it and restore a greater sense of fairness to college admissions, they will have served a valuable purpose. Smaller schools who nobody pays indulgences to have their kid attend will benefit as well.
That said, any financial proceeds ought to go to trades schools and community colleges who prepare people for actual jobs in the real world that these elites have so much disdain for.
Haha...I must not have played with that toy...I hated Geometry and it was my worst ever grade. (C-) Algebra and Calculus (college) I excelled in.
Isn't the IRS a part of this too.? Tax exempt foundation or the like?
I was wondering this morning if this is why 0bozo sealed all of his college records, and no one in his classes remembered ever seeing him in class. Fake diplomas all around for the well-to-do. Or those being groomed for the communist takeover.
Harvard is always going to take a president's child (at least one of them), unless they really hate the president or the child is wildly below their standards.
It gives the school more of an "in" with the government, and it's great publicity. Look at what accepting a probably less than academically qualified JFK Jr. did for Brown University.
Since the range of acceptable scores for African-American women is lower than those for some other categories, a Black girl who went to respectable private school shouldn't have much trouble getting in if she is the president's daughter.
Two of these schools are at the top of my grandson’s list. One of them doesn’t require SATs.
These exceptions do great harm to the folks they're supposed to help. The students would be far better off if they were all held to the same standard, and those who meet it will be considered. Think about it. With Affirmative Action, we don't even know who the best minority students might be. Affirmative Action means there's a lower standard that some less than most qualified students will meet.
I don’t know
Is the scandal making him rethink his choices?
If I were Congressional investigators, you know what I’d like to see: the list of parents caught red-handed by the Feebs, but who are NOT being prosecuted....
legacy....... different situation entirely.
Legacy also applies to state universities and the Marine corps
If any of those parents took a tax deduction for the bribe, they could be in very deep doo-doo.
Another list I’d like to see: Varsity Blues tax cheats the IRS is NOT going after...
And they'll have to hire lawyers to contend with the IRS. Now that fraud has been uncovered, who knows how far back into their filings the IRS can go. And THAT is going to be expensive too!
I doubt it.
If colleges start using grades, SAT scores and AP test scores only as a basis of admission, which I don’t disagree with, then soon all CA colleges—and perhaps many others nationwide— will be nearly 100% Asian-American.
And kudos to them for their work ethic and emphasis on academics.
Years ago I attended a graduation at Stetson Law School. George Steinbrenner was the speaker. He spoke with pride about his son competing with this highly intelligent but poor student. The student who was at an 'elite' school on full scholarship was planning on dropping out because expenses and part time jobs etc were too much.
Steinbrenner's son didn't want the competition between the two to stop and he didn't want to embarrass his rival so he called on his father. George Steninbrenner went to the school (I believe it was Harvard but I'm not sure) and offered to pay for two new buildings if they could figure out a way to keep this poor kid in college without him knowing the money was coming from him.
The kid stayed - and the school got two new buildings.
Of course not many billionaires are doing this for the benefit of poor students - but it's a great story about a good man.
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