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I attended high school with a person whose mother pretended to be a guidance counselor, and was able to obtain a copy of the SAT test weeks before her daughter
by daniellarusso 6y ago
I attended high school with a person whose mother pretended to be a guidance counselor, and was able to obtain a copy of the SAT test weeks before her daughter took the test.
She graduated from Harvard.
The mom got 24 months probation, 200 hours of community service, and had to pay $15k in restitution.
Also “Operation Varsity Blues” revealed it is indeed possible to bypass ‘well-proctored’ protections.
- sebmellen 6y agoVery different situation though. A school can't game its stats year after year using measures like this, because they will be caught. From your references, it seems even in isolated cases there's punishment. In larger scales, like that of a whole classroom, subversion of the system is near impossible.
- daniellarusso 6y agoMy thought is that there are a number of parents who would say that the punishment is worth it if you can get your child into a top-tier university (based on my first reference - the parent spent no jail time away).
- a1369209993 6y agoNot sure about the probation but assuming 50$/hr, that's 25k$ to get into Harvard, versus bribes of usually >1M$ for alumni getting their kids in by funding a building, scholarship, or whatever. Sounds like they got a steep (if unreliable) discount.
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- astura 6y agoWhy would a (legitimate) guidance counselor have access to a copy of the SAT test before it was given?
- syrrim 6y agoPossibly the tests were stored on site, and the social engineering was needed to gain access to the room where they were stored.