Woman's Insightful Facebook Post On The College Admission's Scandal Goes Viral

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Apr 24, 2019 1:00 AM EDT

Everyone needs to read this woman's insightful Facebook post amidst the whole college admission's scandal dominating our news feeds. 

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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM I'm gathering from my feed that this whole college admissions scandal is really shocking to a lot of people Well, sit down, babies, because l'm about to deal you a hard blow. This is nothing I think a lot of people seriously have no idea how thoroughly the system is rigged. I spent several years as a for-hire writer who couldn't afford to turn work away. This means I accepted a lot of jobs I feel icky about now, but it also means that I've seen firsthand ho
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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM. The lowly rich hire people like me to write their kids' essays and letters, pull together their resumes, and figure out how to make years of abject mediocrity sound good. And they don't only hire people like me. They also hire special tutors and test prep gurus to teach their kids to hack the tests. They pull strings to get their kids special accommodations they don't need, so they have more time to get all the math problems done on the SAT. They get inter
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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM he gets interviews, even if his GPA is sub-3.0. It means he gets the best jobs when he graduates. He's still an idiot, but now he's an idiot earning high-five or low-six figures. This is when the next dominos start to fall. Asshole McGloatyFace's company is going to get him an executive coach. Because he has the right name and the right degree and the right presentation, so he's tagged as executive material, and they're going to start grooming him now so he
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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM charitable giving, but those that are well-aligned to Asshole's decided-upon Personal Brand (TM) Asshole is going to learn how to give lots of money and make it known, without appearing to brag about it. Asshole is also going to get seated on the best non-profit boards in his city. Some of these are competitive. Want to know how I know that? Because they require an essay, resume, and bio. And guess who writes those. So now Asshole is rubbing elbows with eve
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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM Really Just Hanging Out With Other Wealthy People" initiative, and get newspaper coverage. I'll give you one guess who writes those applications. (*Note: I'm not shitting on "40 Under 40." Some folks make it on there for genuine charitable good deed, which is awesome.) By now Asshole's been promoted again. He's in his 40s, maybe 50s, and is earning high-six figures, and it's time to go for the jackpot. Asshole has now built all the right credentials to appl
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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM This is how it works. This is why The Right University is so important. It's not about the degree. It's about this entire life path, this entire system of manipulation and prestige, to make sure the children of the uber wealthy become the next generation of the uber wealthy, that they get exclusive opportunities and exclusive consideration Every single step along this journey, there are other people clawing for the same opportunities but not getting them. T
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    Text - Jaimie Leigh Tuesday at 6:46 PM bit by a radioactive spider and start shooting web-shit from your wrists. The upper class is a closed system, thanks but no thanks, no vacancies, don't let the door hit ya I've taken jobs from 40-something year old men who handed the telephone to their daddies to talk about how to craft the right impression in their adult child's "personal" letter. I've worked with executive coaches to hash out what jokes to write in order to best illustrate the "good humor
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