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Stanford student allegedly paid $6.5 million for admission

Original post made on May 2, 2019

The family who paid the most to get their child into a selective college as part of a national college admissions scandal was identified on Wednesday by the Los Angeles Times as a Chinese family whose daughter gained admission to Stanford University.


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Comments (5)

Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on May 2, 2019 at 8:37 pm

And so why are wealthy Chinese nationals seemingly exempt from prosecution in the admissions scandals?


Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on May 2, 2019 at 8:39 pm

And why is Stanford so silent?


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 3, 2019 at 7:34 am

Menlo Voter. is a registered user.

whatever:

Stanford isn't silent. They've made a statement. They said they "knew nothing" of the payment.


Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on May 3, 2019 at 1:17 pm

Menlo Voter, "knew nothing." Yeah that always works well.
Web Link


Posted by Menlo Voter.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 3, 2019 at 3:13 pm

Menlo Voter. is a registered user.

Worked for Schultz.


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