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Boy, as if we needed another issue to remind us of the gulf between the haves and have nots. If this stuff is true...and we don't know all the details yet and have yet to hear the accused offer their explanations...if it's true, they have to come down on these people like a ton of bricks.

Although not always paid for and not nearly as blatant, this type of preferred treatment occurs in just about every field where subjective assessments of the qualifications of individuals have to be made. In sports as a youth, I would get lampooned by our coach for a mistake while the rich kid received much less discipline for worse offenses. In the workplace, the old adage is that it's not what you know, but who you know, or rather, who knows your parents. It really is a travesty.

But then again, life isn't fair.

Its going to be interesting to see how this comes out. I don't want to pass judgement now but if true, its just another example of the "in crowd" stacking the deck to keep them "in". I feel bad for the kids that deserved it but didn't get in.

Yet another thing that has been happening for thousands of years in every type of economic system that will be sensationalized for a while, give plenty of talking points for the news and talk shows to throw about, light up internet forums for a bit, and continue happening as people get more careful. It's natural for a parent to do what they can to help their children succeed. I imagine Riverdog is right that this will be used to fan the flames of class warfare and the BS income inequality argument.

I imagine [g]Riverdog[/b] is right that this will be used to fan the flames of class warfare and the BS income inequality argument.

I read someone on social media saying the situation is another example of "white privilege" (surprise!), demonstrating they apparently missed that some privileged white family had to bribe a school to get their kid in (double surprise!).

(also we agree that "income inequality" is a non-issue to everyone except grievance mongers)

Aseahawkfan wrote: I imagine [g]Riverdog[/b] is right that this will be used to fan the flames of class warfare and the BS income inequality argument.

burrrton wrote:I read someone on social media saying the situation is another example of "white privilege" (surprise!), demonstrating they apparently missed that some privileged white family had to bribe a school to get their kid in (double surprise!).

(also we agree that "income inequality" is a non-issue to everyone except grievance mongers)

That's the real tragedy of this scandal. It will be one more reason for every bum on a street corner to use as an excuse to explain away their failures, ie the gulf between the haves and have nots.

When you put it in context of how many students are admitted to the colleges each year, this scandal represents an incredibly small fraction of the whole, and those 'victim' kid's failure to get into a Stanford or Yale didn't preclude them from getting into college at all, and in some cases, their eventual path might have been better for them in the long run vs. being the last person admitted into a highly competitive environment, so the tangible impact is relatively small.

The kids that were the beneficiaries of the scandal have to be expelled for filing a false application even though it may not have been their fault (some of them had to have known they were being misrepresented), and my understanding is that the daughters of one of the actresses, Lori Laughlin, has already decided to leave school.

These parents that felt so ashamed of their kids inability to make it their own may end up having really F$%& up their kids future.