He bought the fencing coach’s house. Then his son got into Harvard

Boston Globe ^ | April 4, 2019 | Joshua Miller

[billorites]

I love a good scandal.

[eyeamok]

If this kind of pay for play is Illegal, why isn’t every member of Congress in Prison??

[ealgeone]

Imagine what they’d find if Duke basketball were investigated.

[Mr. K]

Did you bribe your kid’s way into college?

“No no no no no no no no no...” he explained.

[Reno89519]

My guess is there are all kinds of schemes going on to get undeserving kids into prestigious schools.

[Nailbiter]

.........why isn’t every member of Congress in Prison??

They make the laws- then leave back door so they cannot be prosecuted

[Mercat]

“They have retained outside counsel — whom they declined to name“

Dewey, Chetum, and Howe. They have offices in Cambridge.

[Lurker]

“We are committed to ensuring the integrity of our recruitment practices,” Harvard College spokeswoman Rachael Dane said.“

As she laughed up her sleeve.

L

[Libloather]

Harvard has, so far, been unscathed.

Well, they had a good run. Now they're on the excrement list forever.

[faithhopecharity]

used to be, it only took $100,000 to get into med school (overcome the racist quota system)...
but as some FR folks have pointed out, that was awhile back and the purchasing value of the USD has been (deliberately) depreciated since then

so maybe $549,000 is about right, in today’s dollars?
/s

[colorado tanker]

Seems everyone has a way into these schools except white middle class kids who can’t pay bribes or fit the affirmative action scheme.

[Tammy8]

Good point, didn’t donors buy Clintons a house?

[OrangeHoof]

These are the only ones of which the news has come to 'Hah-vahd'
And there may be many others but they haven't discah-vahd.

- Tom Lehrer

[john316]

Remember the good old days when the universities used to buy thing for the athletes

[petitfour]

If only his sons were black or Hispanic, their grades and test scores would make them shoe-ins for Harvard. Plus, they are legacy children. Sounds like Harvard has a reputation for turning down deserving Asian Americans. Oh wait. There was a lawsuit about such.

I like how this Chinese turned American citizen throws around money. I wonder how many others he has friended in the world of the elite. lol

[BenLurkin]

Are you saying their plot was … foiled?

[pbear8]

Dewey, Chetum, and Howe

I first saw that is a Three Stooges movie when I was about 9. I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen on TV.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The Boston Globe, always the radical lefty, actually wrote "...the 2016 sale of Brand’s home raises questions about whether Brand helped Zhao’s son get into Harvard in exchange for the inflated home price."

"Raises questions." Yeah, sure. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, etc.

[glorgau]

This is a classic example of money laundering.

[9YearLurker]

lharvard unscathed? How about the $2.5M it took to get Kushner in?