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Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal

By Melissa Korn

Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal Social Sciences

Unacceptable: Privilege, Deceit & the Making of the College Admissions Scandal

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An explosive true crime story of fraud, corruption, greed, celebrity, and justice in the cheating scandal that shattered the myth of meritocracy. The largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice broke on March 12, 2019, sending shock waves through American schools and families. In Unacceptable, veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz trace the wiretapped calls, covert payments, and blatant deceit that brought the feds to Beverly Hills mansions and Upper East Side apartments, their residents all linked by one man: college whisperer and ultimate hustler Rick Singer. The shocking tale at the heart of Unacceptable is how, over decades, the charismatic Singer easily exploited a system rigged against regular people. Exploring the status obsession that seduced entitled parents in search of an edge, Korn and Levitz detail a scheme that eventually entangled more than fifty conspirators-a catalog of wealth and privilege that included CEOs, lawyers, real-estate developers, financiers, and famous actresses, mingling in jail cells and courtrooms. Detailing Singer's steady rise and dramatic fall, woven with stories of key players in the case, Unacceptable exposes the ugly underbelly of elite college admissions as a game with no rule book-paid-off proctors and storied college coaches turning a blind eye, helicopter parents and coddled teens spinning lies-opening loopholes and side doors into America's most exclusive institutions.
Product details
Number of Pages:
384
Release Date:
2020-07-21
Publication Date:
2020-07-21
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0593087720
ISBN13:
9780593087725
Weight:
590 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
38 cm
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