Robin Abcarian: The college admissions scandal: How money and privilege make parents stupid and dishonest
by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2019
4 minutes
A new definition of "chutzpah": Bribing a coach to get your unathletic child into an elite university and paying astronomical sums of money to have someone else take your kid's college entrance exam, then declaring the bribes charitable contributions.
In one fell swoop, you have managed to rip off the taxpayers, make a fool of your child or, worse, turned her into a liar, and put yourself in the kind of legal jeopardy that threatens your fortune and reputation, and your very liberty.
Nice job, you famous actors, lawyers, real estate moguls, entrepreneurs and private equity dudes charged by the federal government on
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