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In reply to the discussion: College coaches, others indicted in admissions bribery case [View all]Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)24. 1. Holy fuckin' DAMN!
2. These parents spent a total of TWENTY-FIVE FUCKING MILLION DOLLARS IN JUST EIGHT YEARS?? All so their little snowflake could get into UCLA? At what point do they just put all the money in a pot and create a new university of their own?
3. Why did they even need to use a "broker" in the first place? What ever happened to the old "sizable donation to the scholarship fund?" or, "Donating some funds for the renovation of the football stadium?"
4. Who in the name of christ risks their career, reputation and imprisonment to get their brats into trash schools like UCLA and Wake? (Don't worry, Stanford, Cal and Yale are also equally trash, but for different reasons)
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Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman among the more famous people being charged. nt
Quackers
Mar 2019
#2
Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin indicted in case alleging bribery to get kids into colleges
mobeau69
Mar 2019
#5
There are some big names going down. Stanford sailing coach to plead guilty today.
mobeau69
Mar 2019
#11
Bet if they looked back to the year Trump transfered from Fordham University to U of Penn they would
Pachamama
Mar 2019
#9
I remembering my English 101 prof saying you can only play Monopoly so long before you need to
mobeau69
Mar 2019
#23