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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by onetimemanytime on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @12:44PM (#19370127)
Technically, the same thing, but one side goes to jail because they can't donate millions. One is legal because of wink and a nod, the other is illegal (as it should be) but both sides tried to do their best for their children. Jared Kushner, the brilliant philosopher went to Harvard at the same his father donated $2 Million to the university. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/21/what-w...

I understand the legality and the law is the law, but let's cut the c*ap, both sides are cheating. The poorer side gets caught because they don't have the money needed to bribe the University, they have just enough to bribe its employees.

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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by peteradio on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:47PM (#19370935)
Not at all technically the same. This case involves paying off people to commit fraud. How hard is that to understand the difference.
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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:55PM (#19371036)
Receiving admissions in exchange for tax deductible donations is also fraud, and just as severe.
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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by umvi on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:31PM (#19371433)
I'm not familiar with tax deductible donation related law, but in that case, universities need to make sure they aren't breaking the law. Is that what's happening?

As far as I can tell, saying "get really good test scores or pay us a million dollars to get in" is not illegal.

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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:16PM (#19371914)
No university says "get really good test scores or pay us a million dollars to get in". Universities get to keep their pretense of having objective admissions and that you can't buy your way in, and the donor gets admissions, personal advertising, and a tax deduction.

There's a reason no university simple states a price on their admissions page

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