These Parents Are Willing to Pay Up to $15,000 to Get Their Kids Into High School

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What’s a “yead?”
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A sign that Jarod's high school failed.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

You're correct that not everyone can afford this, but that money isn’t going to the schools. It’s going to consultants who help with applications, essays, interviews, and all the rest. The schools don’t see that money at all.

Regardless, the end result is what I describe. Mediocrity is promoted beyond its level of competence by corruption and bribery in effect.

 

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It was competitive enough to prevent three out of four from going to this private school.

That was a few decades ago, it's probably much more competitive now, WWW.

The public school was the best funded school district in Texas. We had a. Phd. teaching our Chemistry classes. We had a Phd. Teaching Biology also. He said our equipment was better than the Chemistry lab at Rice. Our town had 4 or 5 major Petrochemical plants in our school district.

 

[cawacko]

Regardless, the end result is what I describe. Mediocrity is promoted beyond its level of competence by corruption and bribery in effect.

I’m not saying you can’t hold that view, but to me it’s very cynical. You can go to jail for bribing people. This is about paying for help to navigate the process.

One can say it's like SAT courses, private sports lessons and other things people with money do to help their kids and that it's not fair some have more money than others. At the same time, most of these people competing for admissions to these uber expensive elite schools have money.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

I’m not saying you can’t hold that view, but to me it’s very cynical. You can go to jail for bribing people. This is about paying for help to navigate the process.

One can say it's like SAT courses, private sports lessons and other things people with money do to help their kids and that it's not fair some have more money than others. At the same time, most of these people competing for admissions to these uber expensive elite schools have money.

Rich celebrities have gone to jail for doing this.

Varsity Blues scandal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lori Loughlin divorce: Husband blames her for college admissions scandal

Mossimo Giannulli reportedly couldn’t overcome his belief that Loughlin was ‘driving that bus’ in getting their daughters fraudulently admitted to USC.

www.mercurynews.com

Celebrities and the Rich were paying colleges to do things like give their kids admission to sports programs they never participated in, had others taking SAT tests for the kids to get the appropriate scores, and the like. They weren't simply rich and doing things like having their kids tutored and such, but actively seeking fraudulent means and bribery to get their kids in.

 

[cawacko]

Rich celebrities have gone to jail for doing this.

Varsity Blues scandal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lori Loughlin divorce: Husband blames her for college admissions scandal

Mossimo Giannulli reportedly couldn’t overcome his belief that Loughlin was ‘driving that bus’ in getting their daughters fraudulently admitted to USC.

www.mercurynews.com

Celebrities and the Rich were paying colleges to do things like give their kids admission to sports programs they never participated in, had others taking SAT tests for the kids to get the appropriate scores, and the like. They weren't simply rich and doing things like having their kids tutored and such, but actively seeking fraudulent means and bribery to get their kids in.

The “Varsity Blues” cases were outright fraud and bribery. People were falsifying records, faking athletic credentials, and paying off school officials. That was also about college, not high school.

What we’re talking about here is totally different. Hiring a consultant to help with high school applications is legal and not totally uncommon in a small number of cities.

 

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I’m sure you can find someone who donated an athletic field to get their kid into a high school, but that’s rare. This is about hiring consultants to help you through the process. I suppose it’s not that different from people who pay for SAT prep courses.

You can’t hire a consultant to get you into a country club, and a lot of clubs tell people who try to skip the waiting list with a big payment to pound sand.

Nothing personal, but I don’t know “cawacko,” I know I’m cynical, but you seem incredibly naive

 

[cawacko]

Rich celebrities have gone to jail for doing this.

Varsity Blues scandal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Lori Loughlin divorce: Husband blames her for college admissions scandal

Mossimo Giannulli reportedly couldn’t overcome his belief that Loughlin was ‘driving that bus’ in getting their daughters fraudulently admitted to USC.

www.mercurynews.com

Celebrities and the Rich were paying colleges to do things like give their kids admission to sports programs they never participated in, had others taking SAT tests for the kids to get the appropriate scores, and the like. They weren't simply rich and doing things like having their kids tutored and such, but actively seeking fraudulent means and bribery to get their kids in.

You’re in the Phoenix area, right? I was looking up top private schools.

Phoenix Country Day is $35K, Brophy Prep is $18K, Xavier Prep is $23K, Arizona Cultural Academy is $13K, Bella Vista is $18K, Rancho Solano is $26K, and Paradise Valley is $16K.

No wonder so many Californians move there. I’m guessing there isn’t much of a market for consultants at those prices. You usually see that when schools cost much more.

 

[cawacko]

Nothing personal, but I don’t know “cawacko,” I know I’m cynical, but you seem incredibly naive

Naive how? You’re essentially arguing the whole private school ecosystem in these major cities is corrupt and consultants like the folks in the article are just openly flaunting the law.