Guilty admissions : the bribes, favors, and phonies behind the college cheating scandal /
An exposé of the Varsity Blues scandal reveals how an unscrupulous college counselor named Rick Singer preyed on the desperation of wealthy, upper class, insecure parents who sought to have their children admitted to elite colleges to maintain their own social status.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Twelve,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | An exposé of the Varsity Blues scandal reveals how an unscrupulous college counselor named Rick Singer preyed on the desperation of wealthy, upper class, insecure parents who sought to have their children admitted to elite colleges to maintain their own social status. An unscrupulous college counselor named Rick Singer preyed on the desperation of some of the country's wealthiest families, deeply insecure parents who would do anything to get their kids into name-brand colleges in order to maintain their own A-list status. LaPorte offers a soap-opera-slash-sneak-peek-behind-the-curtains at America's richest social circles. The result is an examination of the cutthroat world of college admissions and a parable of American society in 2019, when the country is run by a crass tycoon, a world where the rich get whatever they want, however they want it. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates (some color) : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-339). |
| ISBN: | 9781538717097 1538717093 |