From High School Basketball Coach to Ringleader of the Nation’s Largest College-Admissions Scam

The slight 58-year-old man at the center of the far-reaching college-admissions scandal that has caught up Hollywood stars and Wall Street executives started out as a high school basketball coach in California.

William Rick Singer built a college-counseling business in Sacramento in the 1990s that was distinctive for its success in getting teens into school using tactics that are common now but weren’t then: He gave applicants a brand by heavily emphasizing one quality on their applications.

karolcummins Ethically...not so much.

BrandonGouldHS if he's so competitive, why cheat?

He’s greedy. And perhaps he gets off on gaming the system.

Democrats and liberals play by a whole different set of rules than the rest of us. This man's only sin was he got caught. This is the way to get ahead in America--cheating, lying, stealing, hypocrisy and propaganda. There is no such thing as merit any more. START CHEATING !

Congratulations WSJ, the tweet reads like an ad for this guy. At least the WSJ is consistent. Never met a scoundrel it didn't like.

dump your guts tell us who in congress are your clients

WSJ, Stop aiding and abetting Corruption and Criminality by pandering to Caucasian male Criminal Enterprise.

'He's highly aggressive, highly competitive person', referring to the greedy, selfish, criminal who is the personification of the college-admissions scandal. This guy is a Criminal of the worst kind. Robbing American kids for Profit. Lock him up.

This guy will singlehandedly make it more expensive nationwide to go through the college entry experience.

competitive seems the wrong word here.

Some PISSED OFF STUDENT will fix his wagon!!!!!

for the kids: aggression and competitiveness are completely unrelated to scandals. a lack of understanding of Capitalism (or being a Commie) leads to scandals.

Is it not true that he is one of many who practice this deceit, and that they also will be exposed, revealing more rich and famous gaming the college entry game?

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Two Stanford Students Are Suing Schools Involved In The College Admissions ScamErica Olsen and Kalea Woods are seeking punitive and compensatory damages, as well as compensation for the $80 application fee to apply to Yale University. As they should. okay... but by this logic wouldn’t ever student enrolled at these schools be entitled to compensation or a court case I would think all the qualified students who were not accepted to those schools would be able to sue them, and hopefully win. Large $$ payouts is the only language that they'll understand
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