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In College Admissions Scandal, Families From China Paid the Most
Wall Street Journal ^ | April 26, 2019 2:04 p.m. ET | By Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz

Posted on 4/27/2019, 9:32:59 AM by cba123

Families from China were among those who allegedly paid the most in the college admissions scandal, a new sign of the reach of the cheating ring.

One Chinese family allegedly paid $6.5 million to William “Rick” Singer, the California-based college counselor...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: america; china
This undoubtedly happens, all sorts of places, it is hugely corrupt.
1 posted on 4/27/2019, 9:32:59 AM by cba123
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To: cba123

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biggest-clients-in-the-college-admissions-scandal-were-from-china-11556301872


2 posted on 4/27/2019, 9:34:01 AM by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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One way the Chinese get their young spies in, the government pays for this


3 posted on 4/27/2019, 9:57:15 AM by ronnie raygun
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In most of the world bribery is just away of life.


4 posted on 4/27/2019, 11:09:14 AM by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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“Facilitating payments”


5 posted on 4/27/2019, 12:56:07 PM by LibertyOh
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To: cba123
One Chinese family allegedly paid $6.5 million

Clearly, Yale is discriminating against Asians.
Adding to their long history of Jew and Asian hatred.
But that hate can be made to go away. (After the check clears)

6 posted on 4/27/2019, 12:59:31 PM by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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It ok to break any rule as long as you don’t get caught. Chinese proverb.


7 posted on 4/27/2019, 1:31:24 PM by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Graduate schools across the US are filled with Chinese that essentially have extremely poor English skills, but have superior scores on standardized tests. They their writing skills are all but non-existent.


8 posted on 4/27/2019, 1:51:54 PM by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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Actually that’s higher than the domestic rate!

Knew a Taiwanese family about 20 years ago, dismayed to find $2M wouldn’t get them a slot for their daughter at Harvard.


9 posted on 4/27/2019, 1:53:09 PM by 9YearLurker
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Considering the cheating and bribing all these families did, maybe colleges/universities should change their admission standards:

(1) Require the same placement tests given at junior colleges, no matter what SAT/ACT score the student got.

(2) Require student athletes to come out to the college and show their skills in person.


10 posted on 4/27/2019, 4:32:39 PM by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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