Originally Posted by Choro&Swing (Post 1836671)

Also, I’d be surprised if her legal fees are much under a million.

Actually, as a retired university professor, I don’t have much of a problem with people making very large donations to schools in exchange for the schools admitting a student or two—at full cost. It’s a good way for a school to get something it needs. Even arranging a phony sports scholarship doesn’t bother me much—the real players recognize the ones who aren’t. If they shame the fakes, so what? If the real players make good contacts with the fakes with money, that may help the real players down the line.

I have no doubt that Harvard and Yale are amazing schools, and they have a lot of students who are among the smartest people in the country. The academic competition with other great students and the opportunity to share ideas and learn is terrific for these exceptional students. However, for a lot of students in business and similar fields, the great thing about Harvard and Yale and some of the other Ivy League schools is the opportunity to make contacts with executives and top companies and the children of the elite families in the world. Why does this matter. I have a friend who works at Morgan Stanley and earns three times what I ever earned, but is not an executive. She paid $72,000 or so cash per year to send her son to Colby College, in Maine, which is hard to get into, but nowhere near Harvard level. He played Lacrosse. So, he made powerful friends and had a great Wall Street internship every summer. Before his senior year, he had a firm job offer at a top hedge fund with a starting salary after graduation of $150,000 a year. He didn’t know much, but he was “the right sort of people,” so he was welcomed in. His mom got great value for money. That’s how the system works. That’s what it is for. If your kids don’t want to enter that world or marry into that world, they needn’t both to apply.

The thing is, there are outstanding universities in California, as good as Harvard: UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, Cal Tech, USC, and a lot of others nearly that good. This woman shamed herself, her daughter, and her entire state, mostly for bragging rights.

As they say in Hollywood these days, “Orange Is the New Black.”

Originally Posted by J1ceasar (Post 1836582)

when you try to negotiate a deal you get your choice of prison in particular she is a parent and most judges want mothers near their daughters. Have some sympathy

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1836633)

I think much the criticism of Lori Loughlin is fueled by the media and the fact that she is wealthy. It has gone way overboard. Our country has a lot more problems to worry about than people cheating to get into college. How about those who commit violent crimes, are arrested, and released the same day? I would much rather see them go to jail.

Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1836711)

Paying someone to take your kids ACT tests is okay???

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1836554)

I guess I have a slightly different take on the issue. At least she was willing to pay tuition. I think it is worse for the parents who give up their parental rights to the grandparents, so they can avoid the tuition and sponge off the taxpayers. They are more despicable than Lori Loughlin.

Originally Posted by bd20166 (Post 1836619)

She is the "fall guy" for all the other elites caught up in this corruption.

Originally Posted by bd20166 (Post 1836619)

She is the "fall guy" for all the other elites caught up in this corruption.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 1836559)

Never heard of her, just googled her name to figure out who she is. No wonder I never heard of her, never watched anything she was an actress in.

Originally Posted by kanoa1kale2 (Post 1836640)

The prison systems make an attempt to place inmates near their families for visitation. They do this for everyone. They take into account the crime and which prisons can handle the inmate properly.

Originally Posted by Choro&Swing (Post 1836671)

Also, I’d be surprised if her legal fees are much under a million.

Actually, as a retired university professor, I don’t have much of a problem with people making very large donations to schools in exchange for the schools admitting a student or two—at full cost. It’s a good way for a school to get something it needs. Even arranging a phony sports scholarship doesn’t bother me much—the real players recognize the ones who aren’t. If they shame the fakes, so what? If the real players make good contacts with the fakes with money, that may help the real players down the line.

I have no doubt that Harvard and Yale are amazing schools, and they have a lot of students who are among the smartest people in the country. The academic competition with other great students and the opportunity to share ideas and learn is terrific for these exceptional students. However, for a lot of students in business and similar fields, the great thing about Harvard and Yale and some of the other Ivy League schools is the opportunity to make contacts with executives and top companies and the children of the elite families in the world. Why does this matter. I have a friend who works at Morgan Stanley and earns three times what I ever earned, but is not an executive. She paid $72,000 or so cash per year to send her son to Colby College, in Maine, which is hard to get into, but nowhere near Harvard level. He played Lacrosse. So, he made powerful friends and had a great Wall Street internship every summer. Before his senior year, he had a firm job offer at a top hedge fund with a starting salary after graduation of $150,000 a year. He didn’t know much, but he was “the right sort of people,” so he was welcomed in. His mom got great value for money. That’s how the system works. That’s what it is for. If your kids don’t want to enter that world or marry into that world, they needn’t both to apply.

The thing is, there are outstanding universities in California, as good as Harvard: UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, Cal Tech, USC, and a lot of others nearly that good. This woman shamed herself, her daughter, and her entire state, mostly for bragging rights.

As they say in Hollywood these days, “Orange Is the New Black.”

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 1836706)

Wouldn’t it have better then trying these things in court , there couldn’t have been large donations to programs that help pay tuition for needy kids .The whole process seemed to me to be a dog and pony show for prosecutors and for the public a chance to heap all this scorn on people who were only doing what many of them would do if they had the money

Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1836524)

Lori Loughlin Will Get to Serve Her Two-Month Sentence at the Prison of Her Choice
(in California)

wow...Concord, Shirley or Walpole prisons in Massachusetts weren't good enough for her.....but they are okay for the common Joe/Jane???

Sounds like the so called 'elite' do get special treatment....just saying

Originally Posted by KRM0614 (Post 1836748)

I didn’t see anything about her facing to tile amended tax returns They took a 500K deduction which should result in taxes late fees penalty and income tax evasion

Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1836524)

Lori Loughlin Will Get to Serve Her Two-Month Sentence at the Prison of Her Choice
(in California)

wow...Concord, Shirley or Walpole prisons in Massachusetts weren't good enough for her.....but they are okay for the common Joe/Jane???

Sounds like the so called 'elite' do get special treatment....just saying

Originally Posted by Number 10 GI (Post 1836733)

In other words you have no problem with the wealthy elites committing crimes.