LIST: These Bay Area residents have been charged in alleged college admissions scam (San Jose: to buy, schools)

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by NewbieHere

What I found interesting is that none of them bribed to get into UCBerkeley, cause if they did their kids probably would fail there.

UC admissions are pretty structured/cut & dried - they don't do that - and as a state institution, they're subject to more scrutiny.

[ssmaster]

In the past i have pointed out how important it is to go to the "right schools" to get desirable jobs in finance (jp morgan,goldman sachs) or tech(google,facebook) or get into good MBA law or med schools etc.


pointing this out makes people very angry but it is true.


that is why these parents spent so much and risked so much because going to the right school can be very important in building careers
not going to the right school can lock you out of certain careers.

[bmw335xi]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

So, one is illegal bribery and one is legal. I don't see too much difference between the two, to be honest. Both are allowing people with the financial means to give their kids a leg up on the competition at the expense of a more deserving kid. Just shows how our society is not a meritocracy.

Many countries have investment visas, which is public information. That is different than a country that has no investment visas, but instead had a corrupt official who pockets the money himself and not to better the community and forges fake documents, numbers, etc.

You see no difference? But I guess since many of these people are “progressives” it’s better to argue there is no difference.

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by silverkris

UC admissions are pretty structured/cut & dried - they don't do that - and as a state institution, they're subject to more scrutiny.

Well, UCLA and UCD were on the list of schools involved in the bribery scandal, so....

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by bmw335xi

Many countries have investment visas, which is public information. That is different than a country that has no investment visas, but instead had a corrupt official who pockets the money himself and not to better the community and forges fake documents, numbers, etc.

You see no difference? But I guess since many of these people are “progressives” it’s better to argue there is no difference.

The sneakiness is different, yes. But, the outcome is essentially the same. Call it what you will, but it is a form of bribery.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

Well, UCLA and UCD were on the list of schools involved in the bribery scandal, so....

UCD? What UCD? Davis?? The last time I looked, Davis along with UCSC was among the top easiest schools to get into in the UC system.

[roadwarrior101]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

UCD? What UCD? Davis?? The last time I looked, Davis along with UCSC was among the top easiest schools to get into in the UC system.

Not just UC's. Also saw Wake Forest on the list. The point is that this wasn't just for super-elite schools. Then again, these kids probably didn't even meet the bar academically at these public schools.

[TR95]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

UCD? What UCD? Davis?? The last time I looked, Davis along with UCSC was among the top easiest schools to get into in the UC system.

Not true anymore. Going through admissions now. A few kids with 4.2/4.3 GPAs, almost perfect SAT score, got denied admission for the fall. I agree Davis should be a helluva a lot easier to get into. The UCs are becoming such a failed system at this point.

[NewbieHere]

Originally Posted by silverkris

UC admissions are pretty structured/cut & dried - they don't do that - and as a state institution, they're subject to more scrutiny.

They did mention a UCLA in that article though.

[NewbieHere]

Originally Posted by roadwarrior101

Well, UCLA and UCD were on the list of schools involved in the bribery scandal, so....

Correction, USD not UCD, there is no such thing as UCD.