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I was very shocked and yet not surprised at all This kind of thing has been going on for hundreds of years. Bribery takes many forms. It's not just money. It's putting your name on a building that you paid for to get your child into the school. It's a job to that a child can't get on their own but with a few strings that can happen so your child can attend the school. And so on.
posted by
Annicita
on March 15, 2019 at 7:06 AM
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It's incredible how that's happened. It's shocking to me the levels people would go to to get their children into elite school.s
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 15, 2019 at 5:51 AM
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Life has never been fair
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on March 15, 2019 at 2:22 AM
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I remember a one time girlfriend in Sydney explaining how her son HAD to get into the Right School to make the correct connections. I don't know whether he ever went on to University; Last I heard he was over in the USA as a Ski Instructor. As you say silver spoon!!!
posted by
Kabu
on March 14, 2019 at 3:03 PM
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Re: CCT
I used the pay-as-you-go plan, got scholarships and credit for working for the university - no loans. History or art can pay off if the student really works at it or teaches it, but the loans will be collected even if the lender has to garnish it from the student's pension... no bankruptcy or settling for pennies on the dollar. Of course these people - with cash to bribe their way in - won't have that problem.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 14, 2019 at 1:27 PM
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The trouble here is Pat kids take on big loans to go to college usually sign up for something like History or Art. Of course they will never pay back the loan, they then take jobs that they could have done at the start. 
posted by
C_C_T
on March 14, 2019 at 12:12 PM
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Re: Ciel
I've heard this from others, as well. I think what you get out of an education depends on what you put into it.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 14, 2019 at 10:45 AM
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It seems to me this stain on the reputations of those high-falutin' schools will actually encourage people to apply to less prestigious but more honest schools. One of my daughters says she got the better education at Washington State U in Pullman, WA, going there for 3 years, then moved to Seattle after a year off from school, and finished to get the more expensive and prestigious diploma from U of WA.
posted by
Ciel
on March 14, 2019 at 10:15 AM
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