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vansmack
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 04:52 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
vansmack wrote:
And the University of San Diego?!
Haha, I thought the same. How sad is that bribe?


$100,000 bride was arranged and the student ultimately decided not to go.  The coach was still paid $10k for their services.

Seriously, what kind of genius arranges for a bribe at a small third tier Catholic university when a tax deductible gift probably would have had the exact same effect without breaking any laws?! 
jrpa
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 04:59 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
Seriously, what kind of genius arranges for a bribe at a small third tier Catholic university when a tax deductible gift probably would have had the exact same effect without breaking any laws?!
Their 25th-75th percentile splits for SAT scores are 1100-1310. They have a 52% acceptance rate (which to be honest, I thought would be higher). How, if you can afford the sticker price of that school, does one have to rely on these sort of means to get their kid in there I will never understand unless the undergrad in question literally has a constant flow of drool from their mouth to the nape of their neck.
vansmack
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 05:04 PM UTC #
I'll be honest - if I'm the USD I'm outwardly apologetic, reminding everybody that no students were admitted, and that we're currently reviewing our practices and processes to make sure something like this can't happen at our institution.

But behind closed doors I'm stoked to be on that list and hope that the stature of the institution rises because of this perception of elitism. 
drewtang
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 05:19 PM UTC #
I'd tell my parents just to give the 6 million bucks and to hell with college.
jrpa
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 05:25 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
But behind closed doors I'm stoked to be on that list and hope that the stature of the institution rises because of this perception of elitism.
Spot on. I maintain if UVA hadn't added a club polo team, people would basically think of them as a white Howard University.
vansmack
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 05:31 PM UTC #
Operation Varsity Blues. 

Shit, I can't make this stuff up.
Sidehatch
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 05:50 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
Operation Varsity Blues. 

Shit, I can't make this stuff up.

actual tweet…guess she got the answer
vansmack
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 05:56 PM UTC #
Julian, wrote:
vansmack wrote:
But behind closed doors I'm stoked to be on that list and hope that the stature of the institution rises because of this perception of elitism.
Spot on. I maintain if UVA hadn't added a club polo team, people would basically think of them as a white Howard University.


The indictment was child's play compared to the affidavit, which I can't put down now.

All of the other institutions were labeled "highly selective" while USD was just listed as "selective"…
jrpa
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 06:14 PM UTC #
In or about April 2016, FLAXMAN’s daughter took the ACT and received a
score of 20 out of a possible 36. On or about September 12, 2016, FLAXMAN e-mailed CW-1
that his daughter took the “ACT this weekend and thought she did better than the last time. She
actually finished the exam.” FLAXMAN’s daughter received a score of 24 on the September
test.


Jesus.

EDIT: Googling tells me ROBERT FLAXMAN is a USC grad, which seems to be a school this scam had major inroads into. Is the San Diego admissions keeping the little shits in their proverbial place?
vansmack
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 08:13 PM UTC #
Semprevivo was my favorite (page 186).  He sniffed out the wire so fast….

You know that dude has some other shady business going on and is well versed in confession avoidance.
jrpa
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 12, 2019 at 08:38 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
Semprevivo was my favorite (page 186).  He sniffed out the wire so fast….

You know that dude has some other shady business going on and is well versed in confession avoidance.
I mean, he stuck the landing at the end for sure but he's "yeah, okay"ing along for a good bit before he realizes the jig is up.
jrpa
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 14, 2019 at 07:30 PM UTC #
I've finally read the entire affidavit and my favorite is the part where one of the parents specifically asks if another named defendant is also doing this because he'd been giving him shit. When you want to know Aunt Mossimo's daughter had to rely on these means to get into USC despite family relationships with the USC board, that's why – the vanity of not wanting to admit your kid needs help to your social circle. Same reason FLAXMAN paid $650k to get his kid into San Diego instead of other, cheaper means – the nouveau riche hate nothing more than having to bow.
Sidehatch
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 14, 2019 at 08:05 PM UTC #
sweetcell wrote:
since when has the NYP started white-labeling Onion articles?

POTW
vansmack
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 15, 2019 at 12:26 AM UTC #
They'll make it up in the book and film deal.
Sidehatch
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Re: Celebrity Crime & Scandal Blog March 19, 2019 at 01:04 PM UTC #
vansmack wrote:
Arrest warrant issued for Robert Kraft for soliciting sex.

The plot thickens and pulls Team Trump in….

Top Democrats in both the Senate and House have asked the FBI to launch criminal and counterintelligence investigations into "credible allegations of potential human trafficking, as well as unlawful foreign lobbying, campaign finance and other activities" by Li "Cindy" Yang, the founder of a chain of Florida massage parlors, NBC News reports.

The big picture: Yang, a Trump donor who was photographed with the president at a Super Bowl party last month, runs an investment firm believed to have been selling White House access to clients in China. She is a member of the "Florida Association for China Unification" — part of a global network of pro-government groups backed by the Chinese Communist Party. In their letter, the Democrats note that "China has frequently used non-traditional intelligence collectors and businesspersons to compromise targets."
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