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Feds uncover large-scale college entrance exam cheating plot
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-uncover-massive-college-entrance-exam-cheating-plot-n982136 ^

Posted on 03/12/2019 7:51:24 AM PDT by outpostinmass2

A large-scale scheme to cheat on college entrance exams has been busted by the FBI and federal prosecutors in Boston, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

The alleged scheme focused on getting students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities, and helping potential students cheat on their college exams, according to the indictment.

The plot involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, the University of San Diego, USC, University of Texas, Wake Forest, and Yale, according to federal prosecutors. There's no indication that the schools were involved in any of the wrong-doing.

In all, 12 people, some of them college coaches, have been indicted in the scheme.


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To: READINABLUESTATE

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Apparently rich connected kids.


21 posted on 03/12/2019 8:05:46 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: jz638

Other than the hockey team, which won the NCAA championship a few years ago, Yale athletics pretty much suck.


22 posted on 03/12/2019 8:06:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: outpostinmass2

Got it. I saw that athletic coaches were mentioned so jumped to conclusions.


23 posted on 03/12/2019 8:06:15 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: outpostinmass2

How else would an idiot like Barak receive a law degree from Harvard?
Or, a hundred other lib politicians, for that matter.


24 posted on 03/12/2019 8:06:17 AM PDT by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: outpostinmass2

Geez. Isn’t that the way the world works?


25 posted on 03/12/2019 8:07:48 AM PDT by jimfree (My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: dfwgator
The perfect preparation for life in politics.

How else is a Fake Indian who plays team handball and has a 865 SAT score supposed to get into Yale?


26 posted on 03/12/2019 8:08:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Fireone

How else would an idiot like Barak receive a law degree from Harvard?
Or, a hundred other lib politicians, for that matter.


If you lived in Boston then you would not be impressed with Harvard.


27 posted on 03/12/2019 8:08:13 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: jimfree

Teachers of high school seniors here in Florida are having problems getting potential graduates...TO BE ABLE TO READ. No reason they should have gotten that far...unless they were athletes.


28 posted on 03/12/2019 8:09:03 AM PDT by rstrahan
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To: rstrahan
Teachers of high school seniors here in Florida are having problems getting potential graduates...TO BE ABLE TO READ.

But they know all about social justice and transgenderism.

29 posted on 03/12/2019 8:10:18 AM PDT by jimfree (My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: outpostinmass2

The University of Texas admitted relatives of State government officials and legislators who were clearly unqualified as political favors in exchange for favorable legislation and donations.


30 posted on 03/12/2019 8:11:12 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yale men’s lacrosse won ncaa championship.


31 posted on 03/12/2019 8:12:29 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: outpostinmass2

Really ticks me off. My son worked his butt off to get good grades. Took the SAT 3 times and took the best score. 5 Presidential scholarship offers.


32 posted on 03/12/2019 8:17:22 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: outpostinmass2

So, is this how Chelsea Clinton got into Stanford?


33 posted on 03/12/2019 8:19:25 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: gcparent

Yale men’s lacrosse won ncaa championship.


I watched Navy #1 at the time play B.U. ranked #12 at the time in lacrosse. Couldn’t have been more than a hundred people in the stands.


34 posted on 03/12/2019 8:21:58 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: outpostinmass2

Lacrosse is not a money generating sport like football and basketball.


35 posted on 03/12/2019 8:28:45 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: gcparent

Lacrosse is a sport designated for rich white kids to pretend that they are Division 1 athletes.


36 posted on 03/12/2019 8:30:30 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: outpostinmass2

Yale beat Duke. There were people in stands for that game.


37 posted on 03/12/2019 8:31:10 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: outpostinmass2

So this is how Always On Crack got into Boston University...


38 posted on 03/12/2019 8:36:53 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: outpostinmass2

BU men’s lacrosse was a club sport until 2013 14 season.


39 posted on 03/12/2019 8:36:56 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: outpostinmass2

You are wrong. Lacrosse is a fantastic sport. You have to be a top athlete and most are at least two sport athletes in high school. Most lacrosse players are top academic students. I know male and female players at many of these colleges. Our black running back at HS played Div I lacrosse.


40 posted on 03/12/2019 8:41:58 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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