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<blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 3214783" data-attributes="member: 7248"><p>Tuition is getting ready to go up!</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>USC, Yale University among colleges sued by Stanford students amid college admissions scandal</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://www.okshooters.com/safari-reader://www.foxnews.com/person/l/katherine-lam" target="_blank">Katherine Lam</a>2 hours ago</p><p><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/6013819486001" target="_blank"><img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2019/03/14/931/524/694940094001_6013820362001_6013819486001-vs.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Video</a></p><p>The <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/usc-to-review-students-grads-who-may-be-linked-to-college-admissions-cheating-scandal" target="_blank">University of Southern California</a>, Yale University and several other elite colleges are being sued by two Stanford University students who claim they were denied a fair opportunity for admission and have had their degrees devalued due to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/college-admissions-scandal" target="_blank">college cheating scheme</a> revealed by federal officials Tuesday.</p><p></p><p>Erica Olson and Kalea Woods filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday, a day after federal authorities said they uncovered one of the largest college admissions scams to hit the U.S. The lawsuit seeks $5,000,001 on behalf of what the lawyers estimate will be thousands of plaintiffs who fit the criteria to seek class status.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-who-allegedly-took-college-entrance-exams-for-wealthy-students-was-harvard-grad-was-really-smart-guy" target="_blank"><strong>FLORIDA MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK COLLEGE EXAMS FOR WEALTHY STUDENTS WAS HARVARD GRAD, ‘REALLY SMART GUY’</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The University of San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, Wake Forest, Georgetown, Stanford, Yale and USC -- along with<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-cheating-mastermind-auditioned-for-reality-show-in-2010-says-he-helped-hundreds-of-family-with-side-door-scheme" target="_blank"> William “Rick” Singer</a>, who was called the ringleader of the admissions scheme -- were also named as defendants in the lawsuit.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/640/320/AP19071545055383.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The racketeering conspiracy charges were unsealed Tuesday against the coaches at schools including Georgetown, Wake Forest University and the University of Southern California. Authorities say the coaches accepted bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability. (AP)</p><p></p><p>The students said they weren’t given a fair opportunity to be accepted into the elite colleges where they applied because some people were allegedly admitted based on fake athletic profiles and distorted SAT and ACT scores obtained through bribes.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lori-loughlin-college-bribery-scandal-charges" target="_blank"><strong>LORI LOUGHLIN RELEASED ON $1 MILLION BOND FOLLOWING ARREST IN ALLEGED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BRIBERY SCAM</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Singer would obtain college acceptance letters for his clients' children by either helping them cheat on entrance exams or pretend they were being recruited as an athlete in a school sport, authorities said. The 58-year-old, who ran the for-profit college prep business Edge College & Career Network also known as "The Key" and the charity Key Worldwide Foundation (KWF), pitched it to parents as the "side door" method to getting into colleges.</p><p></p><p>“Each of the universities were negligent in failing to maintain adequate protocols and security measures in place to guarantee the sanctity of the college admissions process, and to ensure that their own employees were not engaged in these type of bribery schemes,” the complaint stated.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/640/320/a25f5445-1024-preview-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>William "Rick" Singer pleaded guilty to several charges in his college admissions cheating scheme. (AP)</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-cheating-mastermind-auditioned-for-reality-show-in-2010-says-he-helped-hundreds-of-family-with-side-door-scheme" target="_blank"><strong>COLLEGE CHEATING MASTERMIND AUDITIONED FOR REALITY SHOW IN 2010, SAYS HE HELPED HUNDREDS WITH SCHEME</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The suit added: "Unqualified students found their way into the admissions rolls of highly selective universities, while those students who played by the rules and did not have college-bribing parents were denied admission."</p><p></p><p>Olsen said if she knew Yale University's admission system was "warped and rigged by fraud" she would've never spent money to apply to the school.</p><p></p><p>"She was never informed that the process of admission was an unfair, rigged process, in which rich parents could buy their way into the university through bribery," the suit stated.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/6013097050001" target="_blank"><img src="https://media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2019/03/12/694940094001_6013100861001_6013097050001-vs.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Video</a></p><p>The two ultimately attended Stanford -- which also admitted students who allegedly gained acceptance letters through Singer’s “side door” method.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Olsen and Woods said they believe their Stanford degrees were devalued because “prospective employers may now question whether she was admitted to the university on her own merits, versus having parents who were willing to bribe school officials.”</p><p></p><p>Singer pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and money laundering on Tuesday. A total of 50 people, including actresses <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/felicity-huffman" target="_blank">Felicity Huffman</a> and <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/category/person/lori-loughlin" target="_blank">Lori Loughlin</a>, were charged for their alleged involvement in the scheme.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugSlinger, post: 3214783, member: 7248"] Tuition is getting ready to go up! [SIZE=6][B]USC, Yale University among colleges sued by Stanford students amid college admissions scandal[/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://www.okshooters.com/safari-reader://www.foxnews.com/person/l/katherine-lam']Katherine Lam[/URL]2 hours ago [URL='http://video.foxnews.com/v/6013819486001'][IMG]https://a57.foxnews.com/media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2019/03/14/931/524/694940094001_6013820362001_6013819486001-vs.jpg?ve=1&tl=1[/IMG]Video[/URL] The [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/usc-to-review-students-grads-who-may-be-linked-to-college-admissions-cheating-scandal']University of Southern California[/URL], Yale University and several other elite colleges are being sued by two Stanford University students who claim they were denied a fair opportunity for admission and have had their degrees devalued due to the [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/topic/college-admissions-scandal']college cheating scheme[/URL] revealed by federal officials Tuesday. Erica Olson and Kalea Woods filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday, a day after federal authorities said they uncovered one of the largest college admissions scams to hit the U.S. The lawsuit seeks $5,000,001 on behalf of what the lawyers estimate will be thousands of plaintiffs who fit the criteria to seek class status. [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-who-allegedly-took-college-entrance-exams-for-wealthy-students-was-harvard-grad-was-really-smart-guy'][B]FLORIDA MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY TOOK COLLEGE EXAMS FOR WEALTHY STUDENTS WAS HARVARD GRAD, ‘REALLY SMART GUY’[/B][/URL] The University of San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, Wake Forest, Georgetown, Stanford, Yale and USC -- along with[URL='https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-cheating-mastermind-auditioned-for-reality-show-in-2010-says-he-helped-hundreds-of-family-with-side-door-scheme'] William “Rick” Singer[/URL], who was called the ringleader of the admissions scheme -- were also named as defendants in the lawsuit. [IMG]https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/640/320/AP19071545055383.jpg?ve=1&tl=1[/IMG] The racketeering conspiracy charges were unsealed Tuesday against the coaches at schools including Georgetown, Wake Forest University and the University of Southern California. Authorities say the coaches accepted bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability. (AP) The students said they weren’t given a fair opportunity to be accepted into the elite colleges where they applied because some people were allegedly admitted based on fake athletic profiles and distorted SAT and ACT scores obtained through bribes. [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lori-loughlin-college-bribery-scandal-charges'][B]LORI LOUGHLIN RELEASED ON $1 MILLION BOND FOLLOWING ARREST IN ALLEGED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS BRIBERY SCAM[/B][/URL] Singer would obtain college acceptance letters for his clients' children by either helping them cheat on entrance exams or pretend they were being recruited as an athlete in a school sport, authorities said. The 58-year-old, who ran the for-profit college prep business Edge College & Career Network also known as "The Key" and the charity Key Worldwide Foundation (KWF), pitched it to parents as the "side door" method to getting into colleges. “Each of the universities were negligent in failing to maintain adequate protocols and security measures in place to guarantee the sanctity of the college admissions process, and to ensure that their own employees were not engaged in these type of bribery schemes,” the complaint stated. [IMG]https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/03/640/320/a25f5445-1024-preview-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1[/IMG] William "Rick" Singer pleaded guilty to several charges in his college admissions cheating scheme. (AP) [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-cheating-mastermind-auditioned-for-reality-show-in-2010-says-he-helped-hundreds-of-family-with-side-door-scheme'][B]COLLEGE CHEATING MASTERMIND AUDITIONED FOR REALITY SHOW IN 2010, SAYS HE HELPED HUNDREDS WITH SCHEME[/B][/URL] The suit added: "Unqualified students found their way into the admissions rolls of highly selective universities, while those students who played by the rules and did not have college-bribing parents were denied admission." Olsen said if she knew Yale University's admission system was "warped and rigged by fraud" she would've never spent money to apply to the school. "She was never informed that the process of admission was an unfair, rigged process, in which rich parents could buy their way into the university through bribery," the suit stated. [URL='http://video.foxnews.com/v/6013097050001'][IMG]https://media2.foxnews.com/BrightCove/694940094001/2019/03/12/694940094001_6013100861001_6013097050001-vs.jpg[/IMG]Video[/URL] The two ultimately attended Stanford -- which also admitted students who allegedly gained acceptance letters through Singer’s “side door” method. [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products'][B]CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP[/B][/URL] Olsen and Woods said they believe their Stanford degrees were devalued because “prospective employers may now question whether she was admitted to the university on her own merits, versus having parents who were willing to bribe school officials.” Singer pleaded guilty to charges of racketeering and money laundering on Tuesday. A total of 50 people, including actresses [URL='https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/felicity-huffman']Felicity Huffman[/URL] and [URL='http://www.foxnews.com/category/person/lori-loughlin']Lori Loughlin[/URL], were charged for their alleged involvement in the scheme. [/QUOTE]
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