How could the school NOT know what was going on?
Some strange person, in their 30’s, shows up to take the SAT’s with all the teenagers? But nobody asked who this person was or why they were there?
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Agree! Not even remotely believable!
Do you really think that universities have representatives present at SAT testing centers whenever a test is given? You are woefully uninformed.
The schools get the test scores reported to them from the company that runs the SAT. They trust the SAT to run it according to standards, and to have appropriate controls. They always have. Apparently, the crooks found one proctor in on location in Houston who could be bought. They made up an excuse to have the test taken in Houston, and that proctor conducted the test, either giving the “student” the answers, or taking the test for them.
With good scores in hand, the crooks then paid a corrupt tennis coach to ask the school to let the girl in, claiming that she was a great high school player. She didn’t play at all. Once admitted, the girl never had to show up or do anything related to tennis. The coach made $2million.
The school’s only fault was not requiring athletes to play a sport if they get in for a sport. That is pretty common at schools that are not big time D1 schools, they are lax about whether they require an athlete to follow through on their commitment. But the school that this girl attended, and as far as I can tell, all the schools that were scammed, had no knowledge of this corruption.