F.B.I. uncovers college entrance exam scam
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I believe an IMG person (Mark Riddell, the Director of College Entrance Exam Preparation at IMG Academy) was implicated, and his profile was immediately scrubbed from the website.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...g-academy-after-indictment-in-bribery-scandal
I don't care what she did.......I forgive her!In full disclosure, this scandal would have been so much more personally useful if Lori Loughlin would have had sex with college coaches to get his kids into schools.
this is not news, it is just coming to light. you can go out and get a SAT tutor and raise your score several hundred points...how. The tutors have all the questions asked on the SAT. So during the tutoring session they just go over the exact set of potential questions on the SAT test with the answers so after a while unless the kid is really stupid they know the answers. It is not illegal as you can now get your SATs back so have all the questions that were asked and some of those questions show up on future exams.
Been common for Asian kids to have other people take their SAT test for years as it is an underground thing in the Asian community if you have the money it is easy to find the person to take the test. They even ask you what score you want as dumb as it sounds, some kids don't want 1600 as it might raise some eyebrows and many ask to get more in the 1450-1500 range which gets you in anywhere but doesn't look like a potential fraudulent score.
Untimed SATs, really simple. Just google a laywer specializing in it and pay him a couple thousand and there you go. Had a neighbor kid do it a couple of years ago. parents had the lawyer on retainer all through this kids education having sit downs with the principal every year before school started picking their teachers and sometimes even kids in the class. if the principal said no, they threatened to sue so they always give in as they don't want the lawsuit. same lawyer made sure the proper doctor notes were in place (easy to find a doctor to right a note saying your kid as ADD issues) and untimed SAT.
If you have money, there are a lot of ways to get around the system if you are willing to bend the rules a little bit. sounds like this guy just took it to another level in bribing coaches and actually having some proctors change scores. So you could do that sounds like for more in the $50,000 to $100,000 grand range versus having to throw more in the $500,000-$1,000,000 range depending on the school as a donation big enough to buy your kid in the more old fashion way.
Been common for Asian kids to have other people take their SAT test for years as it is an underground thing in the Asian community if you have the money it is easy to find the person to take the test. They even ask you what score you want as dumb as it sounds, some kids don't want 1600 as it might raise some eyebrows and many ask to get more in the 1450-1500 range which gets you in anywhere but doesn't look like a potential fraudulent score.
Untimed SATs, really simple. Just google a laywer specializing in it and pay him a couple thousand and there you go. Had a neighbor kid do it a couple of years ago. parents had the lawyer on retainer all through this kids education having sit downs with the principal every year before school started picking their teachers and sometimes even kids in the class. if the principal said no, they threatened to sue so they always give in as they don't want the lawsuit. same lawyer made sure the proper doctor notes were in place (easy to find a doctor to right a note saying your kid as ADD issues) and untimed SAT.
If you have money, there are a lot of ways to get around the system if you are willing to bend the rules a little bit. sounds like this guy just took it to another level in bribing coaches and actually having some proctors change scores. So you could do that sounds like for more in the $50,000 to $100,000 grand range versus having to throw more in the $500,000-$1,000,000 range depending on the school as a donation big enough to buy your kid in the more old fashion way.
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This is a good tweet:
Replying to
@AndrewBucholtz
"Hey, mom. Really not feeling the college thing. I think I'm going to go backpacking around Europe for a couple of months and take, like, a metric assload of drugs and sleep with anyone who asks. Enjoy prison! Toodles!"
It'll be interesting to see where the IMG angle leads since it seems to be the "go to" place for athletes in many sports. What's the secret sales pitch there? "Come to IMG and we'll get you into the college of your choice!!"
I scrolled through Bucholtz' Twitter and found this gem. It'll have me chuckling all day....
ha..I scrolled through Bucholtz' Twitter and found this gem. It'll have me chuckling all day....
lots of references to "trojans" when it was found out that the 19 year old student was on the chairmen's yacht when this news broke.
In full disclosure, this scandal would have been so much more personally useful if Lori Loughlin would have had sex with college coaches to get his kids into schools.
Why? Were you going to pose as a college coach to get laid by Lori Loughlin? Not sure how it would have been "useful". It would have been more salacioius, and there is some value in that I suppose.
So, let me state something that I think might be obvious.....wouldn't it have been cheaper, and perhaps more effective, for these parents to get their kids some good academic tutoring while they were in grammar and high school, so they could earn their way to top colleges (or even mid level)?
Full House’ actress Loughlin posts $1M bail in bribery case
The Associated Press BOSTON — Fallout from a sweeping college admissions scandal swiftly spread Wednesday, with a federal judge saying “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin can be released after posting a $1 million bond in a case in which she and her husband are accused of paying bribes to get their daughters into college. Her court appearance came as colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and prominent parents accused of angling to get their children into top schools by portraying them as recruited athletes. Federal authorities called it the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department, with the parents accused of paying an estimated $25 million in bribes. Ms. Loughlin stood with her lawyer in the Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and didn’t speak except to answer “yes” to the judge’s questions. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim said Ms. Loughlin must limit her travel to the continental U.S. and areas around Vancouver, Canada, for work. He also said Ms. Loughlin must surrender her passport in December, inform the court of her travel plans and provide evidence of where she’s been if asked. Dozens of defendants in the alleged nationwide scheme, including Ms. Loughlin’s husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested Tuesday. Mr. Giannulli posted a $1 million bond and was released Tuesday. Prosecutors allege the couple paid $500,000 to have their daughters labeled as crew team recruits at the University of Southern California, even though neither is a rower. Ms. Loughlin became famous as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the 1980s and ‘90s sitcom “Full House.” She has lately become the queen of the Hallmark Channel with her holiday movies and the series “When Calls the Heart.” That celebrities were among the accused parents — Ms. Loughlin and fellow actress Felicity Huffman headline the list — in the college scheme created much buzz, but other parents charged included people prominent in law, finance, fashion, manufacturing and other fields — people who could afford the steep price. At least nine athletic coaches and 33 parents were among those charged. Some parents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, as much as $6.5 million, to guarantee their children’s admission, officials said. “Every student deserves to be considered on their individual merits when applying to college, and it’s disgraceful to see anyone breaking the law to give their children an advantage over others,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a statement Wednesday. “The department is looking closely at this issue and working to determine if any of our regulations have been violated.” Among the parents charged was Gordon Caplan, of Greenwich, Conn., cochairman of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, based in New York. Mr. Caplan “will have no further firm management responsibilities,” the firm said in a statement Wednesday. Telephone messages seeking comment have been left with Mr. Caplan, who is accused of paying $75,000 to get a test supervisor to correct the answers on his daughter’s ACT exam after she took it. Hercules Capital, a Palo Alto, Calif., hedge fund, announced Wednesday it was replacing its leader, Manuel Henriquez, who has been arrested in New York City and released on $500,000 bail. Mr. Henriquez will still hold a seat on the board and serve as an adviser, Hercules said. Mr. Henriquez and his wife, Elizabeth, of Atherton, Calif., were charged with participating in the scheme on four occasions for their two daughters. They were also charged with conspiring to bribe Gordon Ernst, former head tennis coach at Georgetown University, to designate their older daughter as a tennis recruit to facilitate her admission and with making a $400,000 contribution to a charity to help her get accepted to the school. Georgetown said he hadn’t coached there since December 2017 after an investigation found he violated university admissions rules. The University of Rhode Island says Mr. Ernst, who was hired as head women’s tennis coach in August, was placed on administrative leave. At a court hearing Tuesday in Maryland, a federal magistrate freed Mr. Ernst on $200,000 bond. Also among the charged parents was Homayoun Zadeh, an associate professor of dentistry at the University of Southern California. His status at USC was unclear; his faculty profile has been removed from a website, and phone messages seeking comment were not returned. Mark Riddell — an administrator for Bradenton, Fla.’s, IMG Academy, which was founded by renowned tennis coach Nick Bollettieri and bills itself as the world’s largest sports academy — was suspended late Tuesday after he was accused of taking college admissions tests. Mr. Riddell didn’t return phone calls seeking comment. Many of the coaches were quickly fired or suspended by the colleges. Prosecutors said the colleges themselves are not targets of the continuing investigation. Stanford fired sailing coach John Vandemoer after he was charged with accepting $270,000 in contributions to the program for agreeing to recommend two prospective students for admission. Neither student came to Stanford, the school said. USC fired senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel and water polo coach Jovan Vavic. Court documents say Mr. Vavic was paid $250,000 and designated two students as recruits for his team to facilitate their admission. He has been released on bond. At Wake Forest, president Nathan Hatch said volleyball coach Bill Ferguson, who was accused of taking a bribe, has been suspended. Prosecutors said parents paid admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer millions of dollars to bribe their children’s way into college. Mr. Singer also hired ringers to take college entrance exams for students and paid off insiders at testing centers to correct students’ answers, authorities said. Mr. Singer, founder of the Edge College & Career Network of Newport Beach, Calif., pleaded guilty Tuesday.
The Associated Press BOSTON — Fallout from a sweeping college admissions scandal swiftly spread Wednesday, with a federal judge saying “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin can be released after posting a $1 million bond in a case in which she and her husband are accused of paying bribes to get their daughters into college. Her court appearance came as colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and prominent parents accused of angling to get their children into top schools by portraying them as recruited athletes. Federal authorities called it the biggest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department, with the parents accused of paying an estimated $25 million in bribes. Ms. Loughlin stood with her lawyer in the Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and didn’t speak except to answer “yes” to the judge’s questions. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim said Ms. Loughlin must limit her travel to the continental U.S. and areas around Vancouver, Canada, for work. He also said Ms. Loughlin must surrender her passport in December, inform the court of her travel plans and provide evidence of where she’s been if asked. Dozens of defendants in the alleged nationwide scheme, including Ms. Loughlin’s husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested Tuesday. Mr. Giannulli posted a $1 million bond and was released Tuesday. Prosecutors allege the couple paid $500,000 to have their daughters labeled as crew team recruits at the University of Southern California, even though neither is a rower. Ms. Loughlin became famous as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the 1980s and ‘90s sitcom “Full House.” She has lately become the queen of the Hallmark Channel with her holiday movies and the series “When Calls the Heart.” That celebrities were among the accused parents — Ms. Loughlin and fellow actress Felicity Huffman headline the list — in the college scheme created much buzz, but other parents charged included people prominent in law, finance, fashion, manufacturing and other fields — people who could afford the steep price. At least nine athletic coaches and 33 parents were among those charged. Some parents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, as much as $6.5 million, to guarantee their children’s admission, officials said. “Every student deserves to be considered on their individual merits when applying to college, and it’s disgraceful to see anyone breaking the law to give their children an advantage over others,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a statement Wednesday. “The department is looking closely at this issue and working to determine if any of our regulations have been violated.” Among the parents charged was Gordon Caplan, of Greenwich, Conn., cochairman of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, based in New York. Mr. Caplan “will have no further firm management responsibilities,” the firm said in a statement Wednesday. Telephone messages seeking comment have been left with Mr. Caplan, who is accused of paying $75,000 to get a test supervisor to correct the answers on his daughter’s ACT exam after she took it. Hercules Capital, a Palo Alto, Calif., hedge fund, announced Wednesday it was replacing its leader, Manuel Henriquez, who has been arrested in New York City and released on $500,000 bail. Mr. Henriquez will still hold a seat on the board and serve as an adviser, Hercules said. Mr. Henriquez and his wife, Elizabeth, of Atherton, Calif., were charged with participating in the scheme on four occasions for their two daughters. They were also charged with conspiring to bribe Gordon Ernst, former head tennis coach at Georgetown University, to designate their older daughter as a tennis recruit to facilitate her admission and with making a $400,000 contribution to a charity to help her get accepted to the school. Georgetown said he hadn’t coached there since December 2017 after an investigation found he violated university admissions rules. The University of Rhode Island says Mr. Ernst, who was hired as head women’s tennis coach in August, was placed on administrative leave. At a court hearing Tuesday in Maryland, a federal magistrate freed Mr. Ernst on $200,000 bond. Also among the charged parents was Homayoun Zadeh, an associate professor of dentistry at the University of Southern California. His status at USC was unclear; his faculty profile has been removed from a website, and phone messages seeking comment were not returned. Mark Riddell — an administrator for Bradenton, Fla.’s, IMG Academy, which was founded by renowned tennis coach Nick Bollettieri and bills itself as the world’s largest sports academy — was suspended late Tuesday after he was accused of taking college admissions tests. Mr. Riddell didn’t return phone calls seeking comment. Many of the coaches were quickly fired or suspended by the colleges. Prosecutors said the colleges themselves are not targets of the continuing investigation. Stanford fired sailing coach John Vandemoer after he was charged with accepting $270,000 in contributions to the program for agreeing to recommend two prospective students for admission. Neither student came to Stanford, the school said. USC fired senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel and water polo coach Jovan Vavic. Court documents say Mr. Vavic was paid $250,000 and designated two students as recruits for his team to facilitate their admission. He has been released on bond. At Wake Forest, president Nathan Hatch said volleyball coach Bill Ferguson, who was accused of taking a bribe, has been suspended. Prosecutors said parents paid admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer millions of dollars to bribe their children’s way into college. Mr. Singer also hired ringers to take college entrance exams for students and paid off insiders at testing centers to correct students’ answers, authorities said. Mr. Singer, founder of the Edge College & Career Network of Newport Beach, Calif., pleaded guilty Tuesday.
That sounds like a lot of work for the privileged SNOWFLAKE.
. That's not how the world works.In addition to Bob's thoughts, tutoring would require the kid to actually put in extra effort to succeed. Mommy and Daddy would never subject their baby to something that harsh.
That sounds like a lot of work for the privileged SNOWFLAKE.
Yeah, my question, although asked as a question, was more of a rhetorical statement.
Agree....and I always wonder about cause and affect. Are these people telling us how to live our lives because of their status or did they attain that status because they are these kinds of people?
So, the question is.....who plays Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman when the Lifetime Movie about this comes out? And how will it be twisted so that these two are portrayed as helpless victims and moms who are only trying to do the best for their kids? And that the real fault was in the greedy man who masterminded all of this?
The ongoing business of victimhood. I am sure the PR people are burning the midnight oil!
These kids are born on third base already and Mom and Dad don't even think they can make it to home. Thanks god for the internet where any idiot can make money being a "social influencer" - paid to promote crap like the Full House Mom's daughter who had to come home early from spring break in the Bahamas on the yacht of the Head of the USC Board of Trustees - you can't make this sh&t up.
There was a time when I believed that people who earned their money ought to be able to keep it. I was against the inheritance tax stuff, even though I will receive no inheritance to speak of, unless it is debt. However, I am so disgusted by the behavior and sense of entitlement of the super-wealthy that I am ready to jump on-board the Bernie train. Something has got to change in this country, because right now we are not all equal citizens.
Don't fret your mind, and wrinkle your brow doctor. Medicare reimbursements will get your ass there soon enough.
LOL
As Lori Loughlin traveled from Vancouver to L.A. Tuesday night to surrender to federal authorities in the college bribery scandal -- which got her daughter, Olivia Jade, into USC -- Olivia spent the night on the yacht of the Chairman of USC's Board of Trustees ... but she's off the boat now, TMZ has learned.
We've learned 19-year-old Olivia was on Rick Caruso's yacht in the Bahamas. Caruso's daughter, Gianna, Olivia and several other friends were spending spring break in the area.
Gianna and Olivia have been friends for quite some time, occasionally posting photos of them together on social media.
Caruso, a billionaire who has major real estate holdings including The Grove in L.A., tells TMZ, "My daughter and a group of students left for spring break prior to the government's announcement yesterday. Once we became aware of the investigation, the young woman decided it would be in her best interests to return home." Olivia is off the yacht.
As Lori Loughlin traveled from Vancouver to L.A. Tuesday night to surrender to federal authorities in the college bribery scandal -- which got her daughter, Olivia Jade, into USC -- Olivia spent the night on the yacht of the Chairman of USC's Board of Trustees ... but she's off the boat now, TMZ has learned.
We've learned 19-year-old Olivia was on Rick Caruso's yacht in the Bahamas. Caruso's daughter, Gianna, Olivia and several other friends were spending spring break in the area.
Gianna and Olivia have been friends for quite some time, occasionally posting photos of them together on social media.
Caruso, a billionaire who has major real estate holdings including The Grove in L.A., tells TMZ, "My daughter and a group of students left for spring break prior to the government's announcement yesterday. Once we became aware of the investigation, the young woman decided it would be in her best interests to return home." Olivia is off the yacht.
Don't worry Norm, your "team" is just and noble and good. It's the OTHER team that is the problem.
Dumbass.
That's how it is nowadays. File a lawsuit and try to collect millions. Beats working for a living. Ask McQueary.
Just so I'm clear on this, the girl is friends with the daughter of the Chairman of USC's BOT and her parents STILL had to pay half a million to get someone to consider them crew recruits. I guess USC IS hard to get into.
I love it. These Stanford students are now victims because they believe a Stanford degree has been devalued.
Question: Now that these two students have suffered many hardships, when will they enter the transfer portal?
