College Admissions Cheating Racket

[Dill]

(03-14-2019, 01:35 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: ASU is okay. It is your typical massive state-run university, much like OSU. For me, it is more the fact that they would single out a school to criticize as "not being good enough".

From what I understand, Michigan actually has some pretty impressive academic credentials for a public university.

Actually, it is one of the best universities in the world.

It is 18th in the US News global rankings, tied with Imperial College London.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings?page=2

And 15th in the US, according the Times higher ed national rankings. (Ohio State is 56th for comparison; IUP is 230-301, with a 91% acceptance rate)
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-united-states

It has a 28% acceptance rate, with in state tuition for Michigan residents comparable to other state universities. 
Not easy to get into, but one of the best deals in the world if you do.

(03-13-2019, 11:28 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: One of the women indicted claimed they "had" to do it so that her kid wouldn't end up at a school "like ASU".

She's an asshat.

Jeezus. You'd have to be pretty out of touch/unaware to let that slip onto the public record.

This goes back to what I was saying earlier about the cultural capital that elite schools endow on their students.