Talk:Week Seven Wiki/@comment-39537776-20190708030624

Using the "back door" to get admitted isn't any less offensive than the Singer scam, I think they are both equally wrong. If anything, the back door scheme is worse because it will eventually steer potential students away from these schools. The long term consequences include an increased probability of future scams, because once a school participates in something like this, it's hard to believe it wouldn't happen again for the right price. Even if parents do not offer these payments/donations, it will probably be offered to them, if not already, for financial gain. They even tried justifying the donations by saying that they are contibuting to the school, but it's just wrong. If everyone pays their way to get admitted to school, what about those that can't afford to do that? How will jobs feel about seeing these schools on resumes? Their degrees will not hold the same value, because who's to say the student's parent(s) didn't just pay their way through?