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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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      This complaint is like the ultimate indictment of the myth of American educational meritocracy. Here's the alleged facilitator of the scheme explaining how he uses a "side door" (bribes and fraud) to get the kids of the country's wealthiest families into elite universitiespic.twitter.com/8t3GgDErFk

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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      You gotta read this thing. It's amazing. https://www.scribd.com/document/401705285/College-Admissions …pic.twitter.com/h6GQEAZx4t

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    3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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      This person (co-chairman of a huge international law firm in NYC) is alleged to have participated in a scheme that involved coaching his daughter to fake a learning disability, hiring someone to take classes for her, and finally paying a $75,000 bribe to fabricate test scores!pic.twitter.com/sQazHYC1Oj

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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      There are apparently students currently enrolled at elite universities who, unbeknownst to them, achieved admission only through their parents' bribes and fraud. And they're learning *today* that they were admitted because of corrupt fakery, not because they "earned" it. Brutal

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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          "Aunt Becky" and her spouse allegedly paid $500,000 in bribes and fabricated photos depicting their daughter(s) as competitive crew stars, so they could get into USC. These people live in a different worldpic.twitter.com/FO5pnWqkM0

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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          This is just painfully hilarious. CEO of a major wastewater company in LA emailing a graphic designer about how to successfully fabricate a photo of his son playing water polo, so he could get into USCpic.twitter.com/UWTlrLK0Xi

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        4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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          OK, one more. A media executive from Nevada allegedly submitted this phony photo of her son pole-vaulting to gain admission for him to USC. Actors, bigtime lawyers, CEOs, real estate mavens, private equity people, all busted in this scam. Hilarious.pic.twitter.com/LrFh7nNgNM

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        5. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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          Gordon Caplan, currently under arrest for engaging in elaborate fraud, was named "2018 Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer. Same year he was (allegedly) carrying out the fraud! Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy these spectacular elite downfallspic.twitter.com/6vXwT1Ga2M

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        2. Yasha Levine‏Verified account @yashalevine Mar 12
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          Haha. Totally a new development in American life.http://gawker.com/5669754/the-rape-accusation-against-meg-whitmans-son-that-got-hushed-up …

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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          yikes

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        1. Andrew Zuckerman‏ @zurtleman2000 Mar 12
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          That’s a pretty awful thing to do to your kids, get them into schools regardless of whether they want to go or even have the ability to succeed. Arguably even worse than affirmative action, which also lets in kids to schools for which they are not prepared.

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        1. Judith Lankau‏ @judith_lankau Mar 12
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          There are NO students currently enrolled who didn't know about this. Were they not present when someone sat in a room with them and helped the take tests? Were they not surprised to be admitted as a member of an athletic team when they never played the sport? Spare me.

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        2. Katrina Gulliver‏Verified account @katrinagulliver Mar 12
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          How could they not know? "Honey, pose for a photo on the rowing machine" "Why?" "Oh just no reason"

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Mar 12
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          There are some instances where the kids thought they were legitimately taking tests, and then the scores were altered without their knowledge. (allegedly)

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        1. JBrowne‏ @cvd6262 Mar 12
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          You seem to think those students will care about the fraud. I'm guessing many of them think, "Meh, I got in. How about you?"

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        1. rutesperanza‏ @rutesperanza Mar 12
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          They should have known or suspected something if the grades weren’t there

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        2. Eric‏ @tweetsbyeric Mar 12
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          Some of those students probably don't care how they were admitted.

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        3. Theo Dolite‏ @HoleDigger2016 Mar 12
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          I was going to say I’m sure plenty of them knew about it to a certain degree. I’m sure some may be in the dark but one took the SAT privately so that’s gotta be noticeable.

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        2. Lisa Timmerman‏ @lisapumpkins67 Mar 12
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          Affirmative action has its own problems. They let athletes in who have a 5th grade education. Then the university puts them in African American studies. Requiring no actual work in class. Scouce Carolina tarheals. Got in trouble a few y back.

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        1. Maurizio Morabito‏ @omnologos Mar 12
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          Likely the dimmer ones

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