https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/25/us/yale-rescinds-student-admissions-scandal/index.html
The idea that certain students would buy their way into top schools, has always been something that was known to happen. I would joke or hear others joking about how you could tell who "bought" their way in; but until recently there was no proof. After the college admission scandal was revealed, a lot of names have surfaced and now Yale has been the first school to take action on the students who were admitted through fraud.
Do you believe it is justified to rescind admission to these students even if they had no prior knowledge of the extent their parents went to for their admission? I certainly do, but I would love to hear your thoughts!
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Donna P
4/16/2019 02:05:27 am
I'm going to be really mean and nasty about it since I went to a high school school where you can see a difference between rich and poor students, and yes, sometimes I'm a little envy of them. I would say rescind their admission even if they didn't know it, just to teach their parents and other rich people that you CAN NOT buy yourself to college. I want the parents to reflect and have a scar in their memory that money is not everything and even have their children look down on them in shame and disappointment.
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4/17/2019 11:35:39 am
Its crazy the world has come to this. 1.2 Million dollars to put a label on your child as attending Ivy league school where they most likely will drop out from because they obviously aren't prepared for the curriculum. Not to mention it's illegal. How is the future of our children going to end up when they cant earn anything for themselves. These kids unfortunately will never know what its like to have certain hardships and failures, but their parents will while they sit in jail ;)
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5/4/2019 01:28:03 am
The funny thing about all of these scandals is that rich people have been legally buying admission into colleges with large donations to the school. Everyone knows why the kid with the same last name as the theater hall was admitted. Why these people decided to forego that age old practice and straight up pay people to push their kids through the process is baffling. The rich must be getting more brazen, thinking they can do anything they want. Bring out the guillotine.
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Nathan L.
5/7/2019 09:33:56 am
To be honest, I think that the if students had their way bought into college, then they should be put under reevaluation and put under the same filter or perhaps even a harsher filter, as the other less privileged students and then after much consideration of the students worth in the school is taken, then a decision should be made.
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Mari
5/14/2019 11:05:09 pm
Money is such a powerful thing but I don't think it should give people (no matter the level of fame or importance) the right to buy their children into a school. For example Lori Loughlin paid a massive amount of money for both of her daughters to attend USC even though they did not meet the requirements academically. Money is privilege and it's demonstrated when Lori Loughlin was easily able to buy her daughters admission and paid her bai when she was caughtl. On the other hand you have mothers like Kelley Williams-Bolar who used a different address to get her children into a better school district to keep them safe and give them a better education. They both lied but one was facing jail time while the other used money to get her way out. People with money are going to have more privilege because their money allows them to.
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