College cheating scheme gets worse (used disability accommodations provisions of the SAT)

[fleur-de-lisa]

Angus Johnston ✔ @studentactivism

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy's bribe to the guy who fixed their daughter's SAT scores was disguised as a charitable donation for "educational programs [for] disadvantaged youth." Charming. Huffman and Macy also seem to have abused the disability accommodations provisions of the SAT to facilitate their cheating—getting their daughter extra time on the test, and using that as a pretext to put in place the crooked proctor who fixed the test scores.

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[Windy City Charlie]

1. What I don't understand is

What I don't understand is they did this to get the kid accepted. But what happened after these kids got into college and they had to do papers, or take various tests, and show what they were made of. I would think that would've raised some red flags with these kids.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. I assume that if they were willing to cheat to get accepted they would cheat for good grades.

Also take into account that some kids who start college really well just can't handle the pressure or sudden freedom and just flame out. I have a nephew who was a straight A student in high schoool. He couldn't adjust to college life and dropped out.

[Ms. Toad]

14. The kids, in many instances, were unaware of the cheating n/t

[notdarkyet]

30. I had a guy in college who offered to pay me to take tests for him. I. Didn't do it.

[Adrahil]

23. In most cases, I assume, these are fairly bright kids.

Once in, they are probably not any more likely to crash and burn than most others. The idea that these "elite" schools are much harder is largely erroneous.

[whopis01]

32. If anything, there is a better chance of success in an "elite" school

I went to a state school for my undergrad and an "elite" school for my graduate work.

I have always said there was no difference between the quality of education that you could get at both schools. The difference was that at the state school the classes were enormous and no one cared if you did well, did poorly and dropped out, or just skated by with the minimum. At the "elite" school there were small classes and much more individual attention. They were able to put more effort into helping students who were having a hard time with the subject.

[octoberlib]

2. Honestly , this kind of stuff has been going on since the founding of USC and the Ivy League

colleges but better late than never. I figured colleges accepted these people because of who their parents were, I didn't know all this other stuff was going on. I wonder how much Fred Trump paid to get Cheeto Jesus in to Wharton. And then there's Jared Kushner.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. And they got tax credits for the "charitable donation."

[Coventina]

4. This is why you should support your local community college.

Again!

We are open access!!

We treat all students as important, and have tailored programs for all!

We give help to those who need academic help, and we have Honors programs for those who excel!

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Amen to that!

[DBoon]

11. and the instructors are there to teach

Not to supervise research or hustle grants

[notdarkyet]

29. My daughter teaches English and does statistics for her community college.

[dawg day]

16. And for about 1/3rd the cost of the state university...

Community college is a great option for those who want to get a couple years done with virtually no debt.

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. I so agree. I was the first person in my extended family to go to college.

I got my AA degree in Community college, which led to getting into University and going all the way to a Master's degree.
Would never have gone that far if it wasn't for supportive staff at the community college level, who showed me the possibilities.
Completely changed my life on many levels, one door opening at a time.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. In NJ, the state schools have county to state transfer programs where first 2 years are at county.

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My second child is doing that right now, a county to state transfer program.

My oldest was class president in high school and went to county college, getting a deferred admission to a Seven Sister's college in Massachusetts, the school also allowed her to take county courses over the summer. She graduated after matriculating in that Seven Sister's school in 2.5 years with a double major. She paid $300 per county college class instead of $3,000 a credit at the Seven Sister's school, and also saved 1.5 years of room and board!

When my oldest went to county, her classmates laughed at her. Two years later, they tell her that they are swamped with $50-60K of debt and were only half the way through undergrad. My daughter then went to Europe for her Masters and got that in just over a year, and it cost her less than $30K, including room and board!

County colleges are the way to go.

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[Windy City Charlie]

6. Makes you wonder

As many have said this has been going on for years. What would be their motivation for going after these people?

[dawg day]

33. Trump-- ha ha.

Trump phenomenon draws attention to the worthless wealthy. As long as they were just in the background, enriching themselves and cheating on taxes, we'd ignore them. But one of their worthless rich guys gets himself ego-elected, and starts wrecking the country... too bad this Singer guy didn't have a Trump as a client. (Donnie Jr was probably his inspiration.)

[Kitchari]

8. no wonder the elite class is largely so ignorant and corrupt

"arranged for fake testers to take college admissions exams in place of his clients’ children" -- no wonder the elite class is largely so ignorant and corrupt. Fake education for sale. Fake students. Everything for nothing--unearned-- for those of privilege. Wow.

[Va Lefty]

9. Media all over this while ignoring trump family crimes

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[qazplm135]

10. It's Fargo all over again

I wonder if Macy did a damn lot count.

[a kennedy]

12. This is not good.......

[brooklynite]

13. Can someone explain why this is a matter of criminal law?

[fleur-de-lisa]

17. I think, at a minimum, there is fraud involved because the parents were

getting tax credits for making "charitable donations" that were in fact bribes to get their mediocre kids into elite schools. I don't know if there will be other charges.

[jberryhill]

20. 18 USC 1341

[obamanut2012]

24. 18 USC 1341

Racketeering, money laundering, fraud, lots of stuff.

[Karadeniz]

27. I believe I heard that racketeering laws are being used. That puts things at the federal crime level

[Blue_Tires]

15. LOL

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[Blue_Tires]

18. I'm done...

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[obamanut2012]

26. Loughlin's husband sent pix of his daughters on ROWERS

As in Concept 2 ergs. To prove they crewed.

[Blue_Tires]

31. It goes without saying but I'll say it anyway:

White folks never, ever, ever, ever get to bitch and moan about affirmative action ever again!

[DeminPennswoods]

21. Not saying it applies to these kids,

but there are smart kids who simply do not do well on standardized tests. Conversely, there are people who do better on standardized tests than their actual performance in school shows.

[Sancho]

22. These parents may go to jail, but MF45, Jared, and probably all the tRumps bought the way in....

.. etc., etc.

Not to excuse Huffman and Macy, but why do the MF45 family get off?

[fleur-de-lisa]

25. I agree with you, but I think the people caught up in this scandal were snagged via

surveillance very recently. I read that Felicity Huffman was on tape in October or November of 2018.

No doubt that all the Trumps, inlcuding Shitler himself and Kushner, got into college via bribery. None of them were exceptional, unless you count their exceptional willingness to commit crimes.

[brooklynite]

28. Well, it's always a good idea to have fresh material for your demo reel...