Episode 003: Five Ways to Ethically Approach College Admissions
Be CollegeBound with IvyBound! Hosted by Ruchi S. Kothari
English - February 03, 2020 03:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBEducation Kids & Family high school college college applications admissions sat act 12th grade applying to college 11th grade 10th grade Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today, I’m going to unfold the biggest college admissions scandal of all times-- Operation Varsity Blues, how it affects your college admissions, and Five Ways to Ethically Approach College Admissions.
As you may know last year, the world was exposed to the largest college admissions scandal in the history of higher education, Operation Varsity Blues. The ring leader Rick Singer, CEO of Key Worldwide Foundation, orchestrated a conspiracy involving 50 people and revealed to the world the dark and dirty side of college admissions. Charges included those of bribery, cheating, money laundering, racketeering, and mail and wire fraud. Those arrested included two SAT/ACT administrators, one exam proctor, nine coaches at elite schools, one college administrator and 33 parents. The eight highly-selective and reputable universities that were engulfed in this scandal included USC, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, Wake Forest, UCLA, UC San Diego and the University of Texas at Austin.
This gets juicy… Continue to hear about the tangled web of deceit, bribery and cheating of Operation Varsity Blues, and what affects it has had on the college admissions process, in this episode, I go on to discuss five ways you can still approach your college admissions journey the ethical way so that you do present your “best self” to the admissions officers at these colleges.
Here’s a snapshot of a few things we talked about…
[03:27] Subscriber spotlight shoutout[04:59] Today’s episode is sponsorship by the Be Collegebound by IvyBound! Series[06:38] Largest college admissions scandal, Operation Varsity Blues [07:28] Eight highly-selective colleges involved[07:45] The big numbers of Operation Varsity Blues [12:50] Examples of how the conspiracy panned out[16:21] Complete list of the wealthy parents, coaches and other individuals involved[17:20] Colleges claiming to be victims[19:39] Coaches involved in Operation Varsity Blues [21:20] Actress Felicity Huffman charges[22:15] Actress Lori Loughlin charges[24:01] Rick Singer, the mastermind of Operation Varsity Blues, charges[24:59] Real victims of Operation Varsity Blues[27:15] Institutional priorities and their direct impact on your college applications at http://www.ivyboundconsulting.com/002[28:05] Admissions tip[28:25] Reach out if you need guidance. DM Ruchi S. Kothari @ivybound consultingSupport the show (http://www.ivyboundconsulting.com)