Title:
Unacceptable : privilege, deceit & the making of the college admissions scandal / Melissa Korn, and Jennifer Levitz.
ISBN:
9780593087725
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Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Portfolio / Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
Physical Description:
368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Future stars -- Timing is everything -- Road to riches -- Golden boy -- Newport -- Fierce -- The gray area -- Play ball -- "Isn't it a great day to be a Trojan!" -- Tag, you're in -- The coach -- Test day -- The erg -- Do it all for the kids -- The target -- Seduction -- Name your price -- "One team, one plan, one goal, one Stanford" -- The secret's out -- On third base -- Use the odds to your advantage -- Queen for a day -- The wire -- The final stretch -- Takedown -- The parade -- Digging in -- Sentenced -- A system reformed?
Summary:
"The inside story of the college admissions scandal that shocked the nation and shattered myths about meritocracy, by the reporters who broke major developments in the story that exposed a rotten system"-- Provided by publisher.
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. Korn and 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. Over decades, Singer exploited a system rigged against regular people. The scheme entangled more than fifty conspirators: CEOs, lawyers, real-estate developers, financiers, and actresses. Their book exposes the ugly underbelly of elite college admissions as a game with no rule book, opening loopholes and side doors into America's most exclusive institutions. -- adapted from jacket
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OCLC Number:
on1145314825
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
