I have to be careful with this, because I have an 'Aunt Becky' in real life, never mind she is not far from my age, she wants to be called 'Aunt Becky" so I humor her....
No, "Aunt Becky" from Full House Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman from Desperate Housewives have been charged under an elaborate scheme in which they and about 50 other people have been charged with cheating to get their children into elite universities.
Most of the folks helping their kids were wealthy business-people.
These colleges include, Yale, UCLA, USC, Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest and the University of Texas at Austin.
To get the kids into the colleges the following happened.
- College coaches were bribed to say that the bribers child was needed for their sport at that university. They even said they needed the kids, even if the kid didn't even play that sport.
- There was help on SAT/ACT scores. This included being able to take the test with people giving them "help" in a private room. People looking at and changing test answers. People taking the tests for the wealthy person's kid.
- And then, SAT/ACT test administrators were bribed.
These people were cheating the system to get their kids into colleges, leaving out other kids who were bumped from slots as students in those universities.
Once again, rich folks get stuff we commoners don't.....
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