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Stanford kicks out first student connected to admissions scandal
2019-04-09
[NYPOST] A Stanford University student who lied about her sailing credentials has been kicked out amid fallout from the college admission scandal, the school announced.

The unnamed student, who is a female according to the school’s student-run paper The Stanford Daily and was mentioned in federal court transcripts, lost all of the class credits she’d earned and was recently expelled,
...as if she’d never been...
the school said on their website.

"We determined that some of the material in the student’s application is false and, in accordance with our policies, have rescinded admission. Any credits earned have also been vacated. The student is no longer on Stanford’s campus," the school wrote on its website on April 2.
All we need now is an RAB encounter, the Spot, and Dr. Quincy to rule on her condition. That she be wanted on twelve planets is perhaps excessive under the circumstances...
The student was one of three linked to hefty contributions made to the school through the Key Worldwide Foundation‐the sham nonprofit used by William "Rick" Singer to pay off coaches and other university staff as part of his elaborate scam.

The foundation made a $500,000 contribution to the school’s sailing program on the student’s behalf on top of the fake sailing credentials Singer had added to her application.

Posted by:Fred

#8  I am annoyed at the overt actions of the parents bribing the colleges to admit their children. I am also certain that were I to ‘donate’ a new science center to Harvard my children would be viewed in a different light.
This crap has been going on forever. Reality sucks. Penny Pritzker graduated in 1981. From Harvard. Check her background. Oh. Rich Reliable Democrat. What a shock. Not picking on Penny, but it is an example.
However, I don’t like the idea of punishing the students; don’t like it at all. Will the institution return the bribes? Hardly. Maybe I am wrong. Let us watch, closely.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike    2019-04-09 20:59  

#7  I agree with Frank G. She should sue for the credits.
Posted by: Spot   2019-04-09 16:22  

#6  This scheme did not start last week. How many of these purchased seats resulted in a degree? Where are those people working now? At your bank or investment advisors office? In government? Will there be any sort of reliable audit going back some reasonable span of time? A doubt the guy who has been caught was the only one who ever ran this sort of scam.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-04-09 13:33  

#5  Admission is the hard part. Once in, passing is pretty easy (well, maybe not in STEM.) They can't let that cat out of the bag.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-04-09 11:58  

#4  How do you lose class credits if you actually earned them, regardless of your admission status?

Delete file. Delete file. Delete file...
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-04-09 10:50  

#3  The foundation made a $500,000 contribution to the school’s sailing program on the student’s behalf on top of the fake sailing credentials Singer had added to her application.

Like Ed in Texas says, what do you think the odds are of the foundation getting that 500 large back?
Posted by: Raj   2019-04-09 08:58  

#2  How do you lose class credits if you actually earned them, regardless of your admission status?
Posted by: Frank G   2019-04-09 08:42  

#1  Do they give the money back?
Have Avenetti sue them!
Posted by: ed in texas   2019-04-09 07:16  

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