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How prosecutors say the admissions bribery scheme worked
Source: Associated Press
How prosecutors say the admissions bribery scheme worked
By The Associated Press
March 12, 2019
Fifty people were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation’s most elite universities.
According to federal prosecutors, here is how the college admissions bribery scheme worked:
THE SCHEME
Parents of prospective students conspired with a college entrance consultant to beat the system and ensure their students were admitted or had a better chance to be admitted to certain colleges or universities, including Yale, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC, Wake Forest and others.
HOW
Prosecutors allege several methods were used including:
— Bribing those administering college entrance exams to provide answers, change answers or allow someone other than the student to take the exam and centers “controlled” by the consultant. Often students were told to declare a disability that would require they be given extra time, often a second day, to complete the exams.
— Bribing college coaches or athletic administrators to make it appear the students were athletes being recruited to the school, including creating fake athletic credentials.
— Having someone take classes in the place of a student and using those grades on applications.
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By The Associated Press
March 12, 2019
Fifty people were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation’s most elite universities.
According to federal prosecutors, here is how the college admissions bribery scheme worked:
THE SCHEME
Parents of prospective students conspired with a college entrance consultant to beat the system and ensure their students were admitted or had a better chance to be admitted to certain colleges or universities, including Yale, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC, Wake Forest and others.
HOW
Prosecutors allege several methods were used including:
— Bribing those administering college entrance exams to provide answers, change answers or allow someone other than the student to take the exam and centers “controlled” by the consultant. Often students were told to declare a disability that would require they be given extra time, often a second day, to complete the exams.
— Bribing college coaches or athletic administrators to make it appear the students were athletes being recruited to the school, including creating fake athletic credentials.
— Having someone take classes in the place of a student and using those grades on applications.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/ead5e8ed60cf4f32bc761b0c0c2060a3
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Have some serious explains to do. 
I hope those that benefited from this as students are tossed out on their ear, the ones receiving and providing the bribes feel the full weight of the justice system and the institutions fully investigated and charged as the evidence warrants.