Education consultants not surprised by college cheating scandal: When it comes to rich families, “they know how to get it communicated to the school that if their child is accepted they will be a very generous donor,” a college consultant explained.
Suzane Nazir uses a Princeton Review SAT Preparation book to study for the test on March 6, 2014, in Pembroke Pines, Florida.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.The indictments of actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman stemming from charges they offered payment to enhance their children’s chances of gaining admission to top colleges may come as a surprise to “Full House” and “Desperate Housewives” fans.
“Every year, I get a few parents who want to pay me to write the whole thing for the kid,” Schwartz said, noting he makes clear to parents from the outset that he is a coach, not a writer-for-hire. “They’ll say, ‘My kid’s super busy, he doesn’t have time to write the essay’ — and then I’ll know what they’re looking for.”
The education consultant and tutoring business has exploded into a veritable empire in recent years. According to Global Industry Analysts, a market research firm, the global private tutoring market brings in $108 billion annually. “We’ve always told parents never to offer money or gifts or anything like that to an admissions director because that could be considered bribery, but we do know that especially with families of means, they know how to get it communicated to the school that if their child is accepted they will be a very generous donor.
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