Yeah, that'd be fine. Hilarious, too.
overratedqueso1 said:
Aunt Becky is one of the most beautiful women to have ever lived.
AliasMan02 said:
So, maybe an unpopular opinion, but what would be actually wrong with paying a school cash to admit your kid, as long as it was a private school? It's private. It doesn't really owe anyone any level of actual fairness. Bad optics, sure, but still within the bounds of the discretion of a private entity, right?
I'm sure that happens all the time.AliasMan02 said:
So, maybe an unpopular opinion, but what would be actually wrong with paying a school cash to admit your kid, as long as it was a private school? It's private. It doesn't really owe anyone any level of actual fairness. Bad optics, sure, but still within the bounds of the discretion of a private entity, right?
aggie-master said:
For the amount some of the parents spent a direct donation to the school probably gets their kid in and is not only legal but encouraged by most schools.
Fairview said:
It worked for Thornton Melon.
Do you know how we know you're gay?Shife said:overratedqueso1 said:
Aunt Becky is one of the most beautiful women to have ever lived.
Turf96 said:
We are worried about a few Hollywood elites bending rules to get kids in yet we allow illegals to plug up the college systems on a daily basis? Talk about inconsistency. Sad when people do stupid stuff but worse when your economic level allows so many to turn a blind eye. You think if this was illegals forging paperwork we would hear about this?
aTm2004 said:MonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I can't imagine someone smart enough to have that much money being stupid enough to pay $400k to get your kid admitted to a particular college.
Do you think the kids/grandkids of people who's name is in a building don't get preference?
I think that is the biggest difference. With the donation, it's the schools decision to accept them based on their actual credentials. With what come to light recently, that often wasn't the case and they were accepting kids based on false scores/abilities.coupland boy said:aTm2004 said:MonkeyKnifeFighter said:
I can't imagine someone smart enough to have that much money being stupid enough to pay $400k to get your kid admitted to a particular college.
Do you think the kids/grandkids of people who's name is in a building don't get preference?
This is a good point and I was talking with the wife about this last night. Assuming someone's kid got in because of such a donation is it really any different from the parents' actions?
The answer is that at least the school got a benefit as opposed to individuals taking bribes and gaining personally.
Agoodlittleag04 said:
I can't figure out if I'm supposed to be mad about this or not. I mostly just think it's hilarious that all these people got caught when they clearly thought they were outsmarting the system. But to an extent it seems like a victimless crime, and the fact that the FBI spent so much time and money investigating it is crazy to me.
Also, all this whining about how there shouldn't be an uneven playing field in favor of the wealthy is absurd. That's life. You have an advantage in every single aspect of life if you're wealthy. Don't like it, make more money.
Milwaukees Best Light said:
Aunt Becky is a crook.
Dr.Huxtable is a sexual predator.
My youth has been one big lie.
If Erkle ends up some sort of crook I am not sure my moral foundation could handle it.
yeah, mostly victimless but every one of these kids took the spot of a deserving student.coupland boy said:Agoodlittleag04 said:
I can't figure out if I'm supposed to be mad about this or not. I mostly just think it's hilarious that all these people got caught when they clearly thought they were outsmarting the system. But to an extent it seems like a victimless crime, and the fact that the FBI spent so much time and money investigating it is crazy to me.
Also, all this whining about how there shouldn't be an uneven playing field in favor of the wealthy is absurd. That's life. You have an advantage in every single aspect of life if you're wealthy. Don't like it, make more money.
While I agree with you that money gives you an advantage in every aspect of life, I disagree that this was a victimless crime. I'm assuming for every person that gets in because of these types of efforts someone got displaced or denied admission.
What's wrong about this is the people with money failed to take advantage of their, well, advantage and then had to resort to a high level of cheating.
agdidastech11 said:
Should have just come to A&M...we let everybody in!
infinity ag said:
I find it hard to understand how parents raise their kids to be rotten spoiled brats. There are videos of Laughlin's daughter saying how she was in college only for partying. She's a kid, but what about her 50+ year old parents?
Eh, slow down... They at best took the spot of a deserving student athlete. Water polo and crew and sailing teams are country-club sports anyway. They were gonna be A-okay to begin with.expresswrittenconsent said:
yeah, mostly victimless but every one of these kids took the spot of a deserving student.