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Originally Posted by KSig RC
I think this is a pretty weak stance to take - there's no evidence MIT admissions suffered because of her lies, and there's absolutely no reason to think your child would have fared differently under a Rhodes scholar.
Actually, it's a really bizarre connection to draw, the more I think about it. She should certainly be fired for lying, but this is not evidence of any sort of endemic flaw in MIT admissions.
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it's true, and i can completely agree with that as a person who has no personal stake in this - i meant it more in the context of wanting someone to blame had i (or my child) not gotten into MIT - a hypothetical. assuming i was qualified enough to attend MIT and had the requisite stellar grades/recs/ECs and got turned down by someone who lied about her credentials to make them more impressive when my genuine credentials weren't 'enough,' she'd make a good target. it's not rational, but i can see it happening.