Originally Posted by
bae
Looking at some of the news stories on this:
Some of the parents dropped $500k on their scams/bribes. Just to get admission.
Imagine the good that could have been accomplished with that money! They could have got the kid a house, or helped start a business, or ....
When my daughter was contemplating An Expensive Place, which was going to cost us full-freight cash to pay for, since I didn't game the financial aid situation, I offered her instead the deal of "you could just have the cash (~$250k) up-front" if you want to start a business, or get a home here and do your agricultural/marine sciences work, or ..." She pondered seriously the pluses and minuses.
And so, soon, our planet will have another professor of Anglo Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Studies available for hire...