Having a privileged position in life gives you a lot more institutional power than people care to admit.
Money may not be able to buy happiness, but it has recently become apparent that it can buy an education.
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Student in 6.5M Admissions Scam Claims ‘Hard Work’ Got Her Into Stanford
We're currently in the middle of exposing the bribery that takes place within the college admissions process.
Public figures like Lori Loughlin who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their children admitted to college are now facing the consequences of their actions.
One student's family allegedly paid over 6.5 million dollars to get her into Stanford.
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Stanford Daily reported that Yusi Zhao, daughter of Buchang Pharmaceuticals co-founder Tao Zhao, falsely applied as a sailing prodigy to secure a spot in the highly competitive college.
A $500,000 bribe was also paid to the Stanford sailing coach.
The 6.5 Million was paid to William 'Rick' Singer, who spearheaded the other nationwide admissions scams.
Zhao was kicked out of Stanford for providing false information on her application, but no chargers have been placed upon her parents, who claim that they had no idea what Singer was doing.
That's not just some change they found laying around.
6.5 Million dollars is likely a lot more money than her tuition would've cost.
When parents buy their children's admission, spots are taken away from the hardworking students who have rightfully earned them.
Live stream footage recently emerged of Yusi Zhao addressing her acceptance into Stanford.
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The 2017 video was posted to the social media site Douyu, and shows Zhao telling viewers in Mandarin that she was accepted to college for her hard work, rather than a high IQ.
“I don’t have a high IQ, but I worked hard to achieve high scores."
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She claims that her acceptance had nothing to do with her family's money.
"The admission officers had no idea who you are at all,” she says, “Plus, I got scholarship money, which will cover my tuition."
At this point in the college admission's scandal, no one is surprised that this information is only being revealed now.
Most Twitter users couldn't wrap their heads around why a parent would pay such a high sum to get their kid into school when the same amount of money could help them in other ways.
The stream was titled "The American top scholar guides you to get into Stanford."
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It's easy, really. Just have your parents bribe public figures with 6.5 million dollars—who needs studying?
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