A Vietnamese mother once caused a stir

Vietnamese mother once agreed to pay $1.5 million to help her child enter the Ivy League

According to the New York Post, in 2018, an educational consulting company named Ivy Coach (Manhattan, USA) filed a lawsuit against a Vietnamese mother after failing to fully pay a fee of 1.5 million USD (nearly 35 billion VND) to for her daughter to be admitted to one of the Ivy League universities (the most prestigious university system in the United States).

Specifically, legal documents said, the woman in Hanoi agreed to pay Ivy Coach $1.5 million to have her daughter admitted to one of the desired universities, including: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania,…

The agreement between the two sides affirms that Ivy Coach is obligated to “help her daughter get admitted to the most prestigious universities”, and she will pay $1.5 million whether her daughter is accepted or not. Ivy Coach then helped her daughter apply to 7 boarding schools and 22 universities in the US.

A representative for Ivy Coach said they supported her daughter from writing her essay to passing admissions interviews, receiving letters of recommendation and “guided on all other aspects of the process.” Admission”. The company even helped her daughter get accepted to Solebury School in Pennsylvania, a preparatory school that costs more than $55,000 a year.

“Many people are shocked to see the amount of 1.5 million USD, but we have helped the children of the wealthy get into the top schools, while their qualifications are only suitable for the better schools. only,” said Ivy Coach.

However, the contracting party only paid half of the $1.5 million, because she wanted to wait until her daughter was “definitely able to get into college”. This made Ivy Coach feel doubtful about this mother’s intention to complete the agreement or not, ultimately both mother and daughter were silent, which forced the consulting firm to file a lawsuit in court. Manhattan Court.

Responding to the domestic press at the time, this mother said “this is a misunderstanding between the two sides”.

“… Everything is fine. They will withdraw the case in the next few days so I waited a few more days. My child still goes to school as normal, without any impact,” she said.

The incident was not repeated in the press after that.

Chinese mother cheated with 6.5 million USD to apply for Stanford child

According to the Los Angeles Times, a mother surnamed Zhao from China spent up to 6.5 million USD (151 billion VND) to a fraudulent organization led by Willam Singer to help her daughter get admitted to Stanford University. After this fraudulent organization was discovered, Ms. Trieu was shocked to learn that the money she thought would be donated to “Stanford’s scholarship fund, university salary ceiling and programs for poor students” was real. Most of the money flows into the pocket of the scam organization.

In addition, Ms. Trieu also affirmed that donating to the school does not mean buying a place for her daughter, and Singer’s organization does not guarantee 100% success in applying to Stanford. However, in a way, Ms. Trieu’s daughter was still admitted to Stanford as a… rowing athlete, even though her daughter had never touched the oars. Mrs. Trieu also said that the family was “extremely surprised” when they heard that the child had been accepted.

In the case of Mrs. Trieu, even though she was scammed and lost a large amount of money, at least she asked for her son to study at Stanford. Another Chinese family was scammed by Singer’s organization with $1.2 million and couldn’t even apply for a decent university for their children, what a waste of money.

On the side of William Singer, this person is accused of 4 crimes including: fraud, conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy to defraud and obstruct justice. Singer admitted that the basic ways to open a “side door” to get the children of wealthy parents into top universities include: cheating on the ACT/SAT and bribing coaches school sports.

Viet Dung (According to NYP, LAT)