The Rich Can Do Anything (Olivia Jade, College Admissions Scandal)
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2019
- Finally back with a casual (but somewhat heated) rant about the college admissions scandal - aka Olivia Jade, Lori Loughlin, and other rich & famous people who have scammed / paid / bribed their way into elite colleges.
#oliviajade #collegescam #tea
AKA Operation Varsity Blues, a huge story broke out about wealthy parents committing fraud to get their children accepted into elite universities, including USC. One of the most well-known parents is Lori Loughlin, and her youtuber / influencer daughter Olivia Jade. It's satisfying to see scammers finally get caught and potentially face actual consequences for breaking the law. I also chat about how the US is literally an oligarchy - the country is more or less controlled by a small number of elites.
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Imagine being born 2 feet from the finish line and STILL having to cheat to cross the line...
LA SCAR this ^^
That’s a rlly good analogy
Genius comment
Iknow
amazing analogy
nothing irks me more than entitled privileged rich people thinking they can get away with anything
YES same! Im glad she said it like it is. CRIMINALS GOING TO JAIL!
Luke Alexander yas brother
If your a rich elitist liberal your right you can get away with murder
Omg I love ur videos so much
the kids think they did something better than other people bc they are rich
I'm so glad that Olivia Jade got dragged. She could have still gone to college parties by being an influencer and knowing people if all she wanted was the party scene, and gone to a small private business school nearby instead, INSTEAD of stealing a spot from a college applicant who wanted to get in the FAIR WAY.
exactly! i don't even get why she went to college for parties...like everyone i knew who worked full time instead of going to uni still went out clubbing every friday or saturday night, and her job gives her a lot more freedom to do that then most.
Its called dumb parents. You ever do things just to make your parents happy?
can someone explain to me how olivia is getting blamed for this. like I’m not sticking up for her or anything just genuinely confused on if she knew that her parents paid for her spot cause she’s getting SO MUCH hate for technically nothing but her parents actions.
@@celineee7139 of course she knew. she posed for photos so it would look like she was on the rowing team, as did her sister. maybe her parents are more to blame as they seemed to push her into going to college, but she still went along with it. i also don't think its right that she profited off being a college student with all of her ads/sponsorships, that were centered around that.
luna love so if she knew about not actually getting into the college herself why did she all of a sudden start acting disappointed in her parents, moving out of there home, ignoring them, if even before the news was let out she knew what was happening AND even helping them?
Fun fact: First day of US government class I took in high school, the teacher taught us how the US is not a democracy but an oligarchy. I'm pretty thankful he did that.
This whole case is disgusting and hits close to home for me. I remember that my brother (same age as Olivia, just a year older than me) applied to a few schools involved in the scandal, including USC. He was in the top ten in his class, had been taking University level math at UB since sixth grade (and was getting college credits for it offered through our school system) and graduated with a 4.1 gpa. He’s literally a genius lmao but anyways I remember when he didn’t get into some of these schools and I couldn’t understand why. His SAT score was a 1540 and it still wasn’t good enough, apparently. He was so crushed and it hurt to see that. This whole case coming out has been so nice for people like me and him because it’s nice to see that it’s not that WE weren’t good enough, it’s just that mommy and daddy didn’t have a few hundred thousand to offer a school on behalf of us.
Emily Taylor I hope he continues to apply himself.
your brother sounds incredibly smart, tell him to not give up!
Oh yeah btw he goes to a nice university rn on a nice scholarship so it turned out all okay for him:)
Lmao my name is Emily Taylor too
em what a small world!
Holy shit you dropped so much truth about the USA being an oligarchy. You are the first person to talk about this scandal I’ve seen to actually connect the dots of this to the larger picture. The USA is not really a meritocracy at all. We have socialism/handouts for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor. (& middle class)
Tia Taylor made a good video too
I personally hate the wealthy, there is nothing ethical about being wealthy.
As someone from France I don't see how that position can be seen as radical by some ppl in the us, there should be laws to prevent that, like you can have money but some people own billions, (only one person?? owning more than thousands??) it shouldn't be legal.
Honestly it isnt an american problem
nope nope Jobs that hold the lives of others in your hands shouldn’t be done for copious amounts of money. They should be done because that’s the job you feel called to do. Money shouldn’t be the only motivation in life.
Hand outs are not socialism, socialism is not an action, it’s a political theory and ideology :).
A wealthy person to people in poverty who can’t afford college - “ALL it takes is hard work and determination”
Also wealthy people- “I’ll pay 500,000 if you change my child’s test scores so they can get into an Ivy League school”
a wealthy person" I will not pay taxes"
Also a wealthy person :" I will waste half a million dollars to get my daughter into college "
"I will waste 2 million dollars so that laws that will help the poor dont pass"
usc is not an IVY nor is it even highly rated - its always been a school that you can buy your way in - just this time it was caught
Wrong,the wealthy know nothing about a real life because everything is handed to them and everything is done for them, which automatically make them garbage
@@brandylopez4631you don't have any legal right to be tax exempt and that's a fact
That's a complete lie,the rich have everything handed to them
these rich parents really thought their kids were so incompetent academically that they payed thousands to millions of dollars to fix their test scores.
Exactly. If I had a child that didn't care about working hard, there's no way I'd bribe a school to let her in. In fact, Olivia Jade could have had a second chance, based on merit, to get into USC if she spent two years getting decent grades in community college (USC accepts a LOT of community college transfer students).
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. so tired of people talking about this as if its JUST college admissions or just a few bad eggs... you really told the truth. Honestly the best youtuber out here these days !
It’s soooooo funny when people say “anyone’s parents would do the same” like as if getting your kid into a college is a life or death situation. PUH lease
Especially if you consider that there are rich people who didn't scam their kids into college... So no, some didn't although having the same possibility to do.
And most of the time they're going to inherit their parents wealth or businesses AND they're not going to apply themselves to actually making the most of learning so it was literally unnecessary. That's like buying your kid a 1.5 million dollar, illegal accessory.
“I don’t feel bad if you were on a popular sitcom in the 90s” 😂😂 loves it.
Lily Cordova 😂😂
Full House is a trash show anyway. Now if Topanga Lawrence were involved ina nything like this, THAT would be disappointing.
Eprocto-Files omfg yes i would cry
The problem is YOU! Fuck...what else is there to say, man?
Damenauma Amazin
I knew your input on this would be more analytical and interesting than all these other videos just regurgitating the news! One thing to I'd like to add about the inequality between wealthy and non wealthy students is unpaid internships! Only students with wealthy parents are able to build their resumes with these internships early on in their college career, and they're also often obtained through their parents' wealthy network.
Oh don't even get me started on unpaid internships. Nothing pisses me off more than seeing big-name companies, who can most definitely afford to pay their interns, offering unpaid internships in unaffordable places like NYC and LA. Unpaid internships should be illegal quite honestly.
If you’re interested in another analytical viewpoint, have you seen For Harriet’s take on it? She’s a middle class black woman who went to Harvard, so she’s seen how the path between rich prep schools and Ivy Leagues works.
She had one point that really stood out to me- when you’re that rich, it takes being incredibly lazy to not even reach the standard required. Because when you’re rich, you can be a mediocre student and still get in to an Ivy League.
Or if you are a poor student, you also have a part-time or full-time job on top of studying and the unpaid internship.
One of my friends from high always brought up the fact that she wouldn’t get financial aid and that poor people didn’t deserve to get to go to college for “free” I remember how i felt when I found out i couldn’t go to my dream school because tuition was $70k a year and they expected me to pay $20k out of pocket when that’s what my dad makes in a year
“We are literally an oligarchy” truer words have never been spoken.
This statement might be true to people who have no idea what they're talking about, but not in reality.
@lucette5 lol
@@chloesab i'd like to know why you think it isn't true either.
@@AryaBeltaine because peopls have opinions. if you can't accept that then there is something seriously wrong with you.
@@peppapig-vw3zr all i asked was for them to elaborate on their opinion lmao. didn't reply after 2 months, figured they just didn't know what they were talking about
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cringe
This is nothing new. Even look at Gilmore girls (I know a cheesy example), yes Rory worked very hard in high school but her grandfather new a person at the top at Yale Admission.
daisy8008 i say, good example!!!
yes i love gilmore girls!!!!
but it is so true that her grandparents had to pay for highschool AND Yale showing how middle class people like lorelei and rory couldn’t be able to go, even tho she worked hard and is a good student
In a way Olivia Jade makes me more angry than her mom. Don't get me wrong still mad about what Lori did and I'm glad she's being held accountable for her actions but at least her mindset seemed to be more "I'm a mother and I need to help my daughter" although still not right of her to do of course. Olivia Jade is just a spoiled brat who didn't even care about having an education, she just wanted to party (as she said herself in a video). She's been handed everything. I bet she wouldn't have a youtube channel as big as it was if she didn't have her mom's fame to ride on.
Edit: I'd also like to add I'm glad they've been exposed so this hopefully doesn't happen again.
Again? This is a system wide issue that's been going on for ages. These are just the first people to be caught. The ring leader stated himself that colleges cut deals with families all the time, it's just this one there were celebrities involved. The institution itself is a scam where the wealthy can and do game the system in their favor.
@@dren5810 Well, I meant hopefully it won't happen quite as often and will scare more rich people from doing it. I 100% agree with what you're saying. I just hope this will deter it at least a little bit.
agreed. not hating on her success, but let’s be real...olivia would probably not be nearly as popular as she is on youtube without her status as being the daughter of aunt becky...that alone gives her a leg up on anyone else who tries to succeed on youtube.
@@holllaabiaatch to be honest, I think Olivia Jade bought her followers. I've seen her social blade she's lost ad deals, but hasn't loss followers.
I literally HATE that she calls it a job. she says she has worked hard? are you kidding? the only reason people watch her is because of the lifestyle she lives and how does she live that lifestyle you ask? oh yes, BECAUSE HER PARENTS ARE MILLIONAIRES. Behind all the fancy trips, brand deals and fancy clothing hauls she has literally no talent. does she not realise that in fact, she doesn't work hard at all? what, she thinks everyone can afford the equipment to film in the high quality that she does? does she think everyone can do a 'what's in my Mercedes' car tour?? NO, that is why people watch her!!! because everyone dreams of what she has and the lifestyle she lives! and she did NOT work hard for that lifestyle because she was born into it!
that oligarchy TEAAAAAA >>>
Just like to say LOVE the new hair cut
In the Netherlands you can graduate from three different levels of high school. The highest level guarantees you get admitted into any uni that you want. Only for medicine and some elite programs there's extra selection. All our schools are in the top 150 best universities worldwide and you pay 2000 dollars tuition each year at all of them. It's a really great and fair system .
Hanna Debora we have a really similar System in germany.
Tho I have to say that in the split into the 3 school is noticably along a class and race devision.
@@suides4810 yes you do see a divide in some sense here as well. But as for financially, anybody is can graduate the highest level if they are able academically. So they would be able to attend university without big financial issues.
damn ok ur country acctually likes yall
Exactly, and then there are three levels of higher education, which you can Google if you want it's literally too much to explain. But you don't have to get stuck in the lowest level, you can actually work your way up and eventually even finish your masters degree at university level.. you jusy have to work at it and stick it out because it does take about 2 to 3 years extra of going to school.
@@hannadebora5967 not really everyone though, if you're really poor and don't live in the city for example. I had a friend who had to work illegaly since He was 14 years old just to afford the bus Tickets for going to High school. If we want to make it possible for "anyone" we need to think about the weakest and those who need the Programms the most. The burreaucracy is unneccessairly complicated and students often get their money months late which makes them have a very stressfull time, having to find jobs on very short notice while studying. So many keep their part-time jobs and in the end you have a class-division again between students who are supported by their parents and don't have to work and those who do.
Surely it's nicer than in the us but class divisions exist everywhere.
If you had one million dollars and invested all of it safely, you could live on a modest salary just off the earnings/interest for the rest of your life without working. Seeing people blow so much money on something that can be earned is SO BIZARRE.
But you said it, they would have had to EARN it. Most rich have absolutely no concept on what that means or entails.
Invested it where?
If you were comfortable making a video dedicated to the oligarchy/democracy issue, I think I speak for most of us when I say I would LOVE to hear it.
Yes!👏
lying about disabilities is another thing they did and enrages me the most.
People on TikTok and Reddit be like
I just started the video but I have to say I love your haircut!!!☺️
I feel this so hard. I've had multiple breakdowns in college out of pure EXHAUSTION. Just last week I was up over 30 continuous hours working and doing schoolwork and literally started crying to my professor over a forgotten assignment. It's frustrating when I see that my friend's parents can afford for them not to work yet they still choose to miss classes. I just wish people knew could at least recognize how lucky they have it and take full advantage of their fortunes.
As someone who’s been working their ass off in high school and applying to college the same year as Olivia Jade, getting so many waitlists, I’m literally heartbroken over this.
I think you could totally do more videos speaking about this topic. I'd particularly love to see you make a video in which you discuss the beauty industry, kind of expanding on the facetune/plastic surgery epidemic, and how essentially the beauty industry is controlled by the wealthy. For example, majority of the models, actresses, and celebrities we see who claim to be naturally beautiful and set the standards for what our society deems as "beautiful" and "attractive", have had thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars on cosmetic procedures, facials, extensions, etc, and how this sets an unrealistic standard of beauty, but also how basically anybody could look like a model if they had the money to do so. Money and beauty have become so intertwined in this day and age that they are almost one in the same.
I went to a K-12 school where my parents had to pay 25% of tuition, and I understood how much they were sacrificing for me to be there. I worked hard to keep my grades high and get into a top college.
The sad truth is that most of those elite kids are completely ignorant of worth. One of my classmates failed in every single class, then in senior year I heard her say her mom had a deal with a college director for her to get in. Idk what happened to her, but it was awful to know many other people who’d worked hard would get ticked off their applications.
If all she wanted to do was party and go to game days, why didn’t she just go to a community college? And Not a college that everyone works hard to try to get in
Status, prestige. Fancy unis and colleges are like designer handbags to these morons
She paid to get into a college every rich kid is paying to get into anyway lol
designer accessory vs Walmart accessory
I always get so excited when you post haha
i love your tiktok hihi
Hi rich gal
It’s also really frustrating to see people taking advantage of testing accommodations which are there to help people with stuff like dyslexia etc. and now it might be harder for people who really need it to get these accommodations because some rich kids used it to cheat
Great video analysis!! Its even worse here in México :/ We are completely used to the wealthy (not even subtly!!), evading criminal justice, its sooo uncommon for their actions to actually have consequences... usually when it does happen though, the person facing criminal charges is an escapegoat for an ever bigger crime, lol
It's the same in my country!! I hope that one day I'll see all the corrupt politicians and rich people in jail, rotting! like my country did because of them.
va a sonar creepy, pero de donde eres?
@@alicea6905 puessss de méxico como lo mencioné en el comentario anteriori :)
It's not that rich people don't get incarcerated. Their incarceration is much less severe for the crime committed.
That's a good topic, as well as the probation system in the US, which is a vulture's dream.
TruffleCame That’s actually incorrect. Poor people are much more likely to be incarcerated, where the wealthy are far more likely to get probation or fines, even for the same crimes.
@@shaunalea5139 That what he said
I agree with you about the affordability going to college, I ended up working three jobs just to make ends meet.
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Thank you for sharing your perspective!
I assumed that all wealthy students gained legitimate access to elite universities because of the resources and opportunities that you mentioned. I never fathomed that some of them are actually somehow still mediocre and just use their wealth to just bypass the system altogether . I guess I'm naive, but I never imagined that the parent of a wealthy child would have to go such lengths to get their child accepted into their school of choice.
Same. It's mindboggling to realize how rotten the upper layer of society is.
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I love this girl so much. She’s super smart, knows her stuff and isn’t afraid to share her opinions. Bless you, beautiful girl.
So accurate! I’ve been frustrated lately because I graduated college last semester and I got an entry-level job in what I majored in but I make WAY LESS than I did when I worked at McDonald’s! Because I get very little hours and I haven’t even able to find anything better within my field and I’m just sitting here like wow I graduated with a 3.8 but I have $0 in my savings acc hahaha
Thank you for touching on the fact that some of us can't afford to go to our top schools. I got accepted into all three of my top choices. Two of them were going to give me the maximum amount of aid- but there was a huge cost left that I was going to somehow have to figure out how to pay for. The amount of loans I was going to have to pay back monthly was going to be more than my parents' mortgage. I ended up going to my "safe school" because it's more affordable, but it made me feel like my honors student GPA and almost perfect test scores didn't even matter.
the biggest thing for me is simply the fact that there were people with legitimate talent and hopes and dreams and the ability to do what they loved to do- but they didn't get to go to those colleges because of these rich kids who got their way in through bribes and outright lies.
Very good points made in this video. I think a lot of people are scared to talk about money because people still say money can't buy happiness- but the trouble is, people with money will STILL try to buy happiness, even in illegal and harmful ways. And that's when stuff like this happens.
I could very much relate to your follower who said that she experienced 'imposter syndrome'. As a low-income student who worked their way to Oxford 28 years ago, I was constantly reminded by students who had paid their way into the highest level of tertiary education that I didn't belong. Oddly, I also encountered academics who were treated in the same manner, by students who felt that they worked at their pleasure and the tutors were somehow on their retainer. However, looking back, I learnt several valuable lessons from the experience. I got to see the breeding ground of the political and economic elite, how they think, the assumptions that they make about others, and the manner in which they network and maintain their ascent to power and wealth. I knew from the first few weeks amongst them that my naive assumptions about my country - that it rewarded hard work and fair play, that working-class socialists laboured for the good of all and were respected, while our upper class was distant but capable of noblesse oblige; that anyone could play a part and do their duty to God and the Queen - were illusory, and that I wanted no part of their world, even were it to be offered to me.
That was the second thing that I learnt: establishments are not permanent and immutable - they are constantly evolving, and inviting in new blood from other strata of society when those new connections seem beneficial. It isn't a conscious entity with any overarching goal except the preservation of things as they like them to be, and that this happens on a personal level: the 'old school tie', the favour for a friend or a seat on the board, help with your kid's college application etc. You can benefit too as an outsider, if you want: your new college girlfriend's or boyfriend's parent will offer you a place in their firm, groom you for success, care for and love you, and soon you'll hardly remember ever not being part of it all, or why those people below you just can't see that you are doing it all for their own good and why you should be in charge of their lives.
The final lesson I learnt from the experience of Oxford blues was how mundane and unimpressive my so-called 'social superiors' actually were up close. Listening to their fatuous assumptions about other people below them; seeing them expend their energies on balls, societies, and rowing clubs; having to listen to their generic, mediocre essays that I knew they'd rattled off in a last-minute all-nighter following the same tried and true structure they'd been taught at Eton and Harrow - god, being able at that time to know just by their accent alone whether they went to Eton or Harrow! - I realised that half of them were idiots ('chinless wonders' in my parlance), and the other half wished they worked for the idiots' parents. They are not the supermen and women they purport to be - not even close -and they are not infallible; nor are their plans, their corporations, nor their politics invincible or inevitable.
I determined to return to my home as soon as I was through, to do some good where I grew up, where I teach young children that they are somebody, as clever and talented as the rich and powerful, and that they can even learn to blend in with them on their own terms, without having to abandon their own values and betray their own. Also, I teach them the value of the Oxford comma, because damn it all, it's right!
@@tiffanyferg Thank you for the compliment, and thank you for your insightful and impassioned videos.
The part about the girl who was black & felt like an imposter at an elite school is so real!!! Students at schools where they’re surrounded by those with more privilege are constantly and consistently left out and overlooked and institutions. They don’t have the right cultural capitol and it really screws them over even though they are at a top school! It just shows how deeply the class divide runs in our society. It’s so awful- the more wealth, the more privilege, the more opportunities and gateways to a better future... and the impoverished continue through the poverty cycle accept for special circumstances. But America’s great and land of opportunity right??!!????
This is a great analysis. I appreciate your analyses. Very sociological! We love social science!!
YES! I’m so glad you’re talking about this. I love ur input
Always enjoy hearing your perspective! This one + the “family vloggers” video are probably my favorites so far.
Also, rocking the haircut 💇
Even at a public university I often feel a disconnect with my classmates because I cannot afford to go out or buy new things even with a job. It's bizarre the wealth gap that exist even between lower middle and upper middle.
One thing I don't understand is why sports achievements apparently grant such huge benefits in that university? Unless it's some sports college? I'm a bit lost on this subject tbh. I don't quite understand why this college accepts"recruited athletes" - unless, again, it's sports college and I'm misunderstanding something, in which case, please educate me!!
Not too surprised that people with money/connections do stuff like this though...
By the way, your new haircut is nice:) You look cute haha!
Valeria Vagapova sports draw a huge amount of money for colleges, so almost all US colleges have a ton of money they can spend on recruiting athletes (to provide tuition to the best athletes so the sports can continue to be successful). This is fine when it is done right, but what happened with Olivia Jade is wrong because she was “recruited” or given a spot on the rowing team that took the spot of an actual athlete who could compete and get tuition.
@@samanthaelizabeth8330 Thanks for the answer! I am not in any way defending what these people have done, but also, honestly, assuming I understood this mechanism correctly, I can't help but notice that in the end this athlete recruitment thing also results in a similar outcome: people whose academic skills are not up to the regular standard getting accepted because they're bringing money to the college (albeit in an indirect way). Of course there are differences between the two situations, but honestly I'm not sure I personally agree with this approach. I don't think skills irrelevant to the chosen major should ever determine if somebody's getting into college. But that's just me.
Valeria Vagapova I totally get your point! I felt like that too until I started working with college athletes! If you think about it this way: they’re competing and practicing everyday at an almost professional level for no pay (unfair to them!!) so the chance to go to a great academic school is what replaces the money they should be given. Now the problem of not paying college athletes is a whole different ethical issue we don’t have time to get into here!
@@samanthaelizabeth8330 As a Dutch person, this system sounds totally weird. We don't really have university sports teams like you have. Sports teams are separate clubs, sometimes connected to fraternities/sororities (usually the more high-end sports like horseriding/rowing/hockey). But most of the time people join regular sports teams or train independently of the uni for their pro aspirations. There are programs that help those pro sporters to combine their intense training with uni, but it's not like we have competitions between universities on sports. Sorry for the rant but it just feels so weird to have pro sport and uni connected in the way the US has xD
What you said about working while in school. THANK YOU. Graduating with my undergrad this fall with a 3.8 while I've been working two jobs, interning, and in the Army Reserve for 6 years now.
I'm currently in a master's of public administration program, and I can confirm that everything you said was so ACCURATE. Thank you for not being afraid to shed light on how jacked up American society is!
I just want to thank you for your channel. I have been binge-watching Internet Analysis (and your other videos) since I found your MLM video last week! So informational and also hilarious. You're awesome!
Girl ! I don't know when you got your hair cut but *you lookin like a snacc* Also, as always, great, well thought out video. A1 content right here 🔥
I always love your commentary and views on these issues!
Great to listen to while prepping lunch for tomorrow 😄
Thank you for bringing some actual conversation and thoughtfulness to this topic because I feel like all I've been able to see is flashy news spots with little to no relevant information covering what should be a VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ABOUT INEQUALITY IN (U.S.) EDUCATION! I am one of those people who killed myself throughout school to get a great education, keep high grades, did a ton of extra curriculars (I was in JROTC all 4-years of high school, I did choir for two years, track and field for two, cheer for one, participated in community service programs - all while working a job after school and on weekends to pay for everything I needed to participate in all of these and help around the houses - my parents were divorced) and then I still couldn't go to the college I wanted to because I couldn't afford it (and there was no scholarship in sight that could cover even half - believe me I tried EVERYTHING). So I ended up going to an all online college - accruing debt - and worked full time just to keep my head barely above water. My mom had only just graduated college a year before me (with her own heap of debt) and my father didn't even get to graduate high school because he had to start working at 13 so there was no way they could help (and I would never have asked them - they've worked hard enough).
It's truly sad to see the wealthy and famous taking advantage of a system they've already won as it is...especially because I know there are people out there who are worse off than I am desperately trying to get the education they deserve. But now I'm ranting. Thanks for the great video Tiffany! I also had to say that I feel like you are a hair chameleon because you look awesome with long hair, short hair, different colors, etc. Love it!
There's no comments yet so I need to come back later to properly discuss this 😂
I plan on using a portion of this clip to show to my students in order to start a discussion about college, wealth, and economic inequality. Thanks for sharing!
I study US politics, and found your thoughts on the fact that America is an oligarchy so interesting! thank you xxx
I love your videos! You put so much thought and research into them and it doesn’t go unnoticed 👏🏼
Also, your hair is adorable!
The moment you mentionned the oligarchy system you became my entered my favorite ytbers list, a lot of us are aware of this but what can we do?
They also have to hold the schools accountable, those teachers accepted their request to allow this to happen and go through with it as if nothing immoral happen.
Your commentary always vibes with what I'm thinking💯 PS I knew you got a haircut from watching Carrie Daytons vlog but dang girl! It looks so good!💞
I love how eloquently you covered this. Also I love your hair!
165K!!!!! I've been watching you from the beginning of your vids and I come in and out but its nice checking back in and see channel growth! love you always Tiffany
wow! one of the most intelligent, honest and accurate commentaries i have listened to!! you are amazing!! glad there are voices like yours here on internet xoxo
I was so irritated at this a lot of schools I applied to were involved in the scandal😑(Also ps your hair looks so good!!)
lmao was waiting for you to post a video about this and so glad this is exactly what i wanted to hear. everything about this situation is so frustrating. the rich create the illusion that you can work hard and earn your way but they actually make it impossible. thank you for speaking up i love it!!
yasss. I love how well you break everything down! I've seen all of the articles about this scandal. However, you go through the overarching themes that are extremely important in this case. Something else to add: The American Dream through meritocracy is such a myth and this event truly signifies that.
I love your videos so much. Keep thriving and stimulating our minds!!1!
I'm so glad that more and more people are talking about this cause goodness gracious this is ridiculous. this should have never happened and I'm so disgusted that those celebrities can try to defend themselves when they are taking advantage of this corrupted system. I'm so happy and they better get some serious punishment.
This whole situation in a weird wait has made me feel better about not getting into the cal school I wanted. It’s like a “it’s not you it’s me” type of a thing, except it’s “it’s not me it’s them” if that makes sense.
I was hoping you would make a video about this! Love it!
You’ve been added to the list of wisdom. You and other channels like yours allow me to learn stuff that isn’t taught in school and stuff that is usually learned the hard way: everything from finances to preparing for college. Your channel and the other wisdom channels have placed me way ahead of the curve. To thank you, I give like, and I give subscribe.
Hi, i literally teared up when you were talking about students working through college bc our parents cannot offer everything they need for school. I totally feel that. As a daughter of an immigrant father it really resonated with me as i am trying hard at school and work two jobs for me to get into a UC school is mentally and physically exhausting. Thank you for mentioning that in your video. Btw ive been binge watching your videos for the past three days 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 love your videos!!!!
So glad to see YOU specifically talk about this. Also, love the haircut.
i loved this video! would love to hear you talk more about the us being an oligarchy etc.
Glad to see you making a video on this. Was curious as to your thoughts. Are they really suffering the consequences though? Perhaps in the short term with all the press they're getting and all the discontent from the general public. Sure, so far they've had to pay large amounts of money for bail, but other than that, it's highly likely that these criminals will employ their resources and won't get much more than a slap in the wrist, or at least that's my biggest fear regarding this whole thing. I certainly hope that everyone involved gets proper jailtime, but am not holding my breath, though. Kinda sad actually.
As to the last point you made about poor people being more likely to go to prison than rich people, I think it’s interesting to note that Lori Loughlin bought her way out of jail for $1 million in bond. That means while she awaits trial she will do so in the comfort of her home as opposed to someone who commits a more minor crime, gets a much lower bond or bail, and yet still can’t afford it, and has to sit in jail until their trial. That right there is a great example of how disproportionately we are treated in this country due to our economic worth.
I rly loved this video so authentic and educational with a needed n powerful message
Absolutely love this type of video. Such intriguing topics
I'm so thankful that here in México a lot of top schools are public and you only pay your materials and the mandatory fee (which you decide how much it is)
you make such great points it so disappointing knowing that after all this they're still going to be ok
Your videos are always so well-done and thorough, thank you for speaking so much truth!!
as a senior in high school, this story really hit home. it was absolutely baffling to EVERYONE in my school when we found out that only ONE of the top 10 kids in my school got into an ivy. the valedictorian is literally the smartest person i know-near perfect SAT score, 4.7 gpa (on 4.0 scale, and my school doesn’t inflate grades), multiple extra curricular activities. he’s going to a state school with people who are significantly lower than him (not to discredit those people, it’s just gonna be a major gap). it’s fascinating and frustrating at the same time
love how one of the hashtags for this video is #tea
Your haircut looks so great! But this is so sadly true and I’m glad you talked about this and tied it back to systematic things rather than only on an individual basis. Love ya
YOUR HAIR LOOKS SO GOOD
LOVE your hair!! Looks so flattering on you 💕💕
wow meanwhile i'm struggling to stay alive and get my degree because of my family's socioeconomic status. wild.
thank you for this!!! it's important to view it from a political perspective and acknowledge how deeply rooted class oppression is in society
Love this! Thanks for the video. i think especially for being unscripted you managed to get a lot of good points across in a nice style
I was waiting for you to make a video on this!
This whole college scandal has me infuriated because it has added onto my existing insecurities about college such as maybe not being able to achieve a high enough score on the SAT or not having above average grades, it has shown me that it’s not that I’m not good enough it’s that my parents’ bank account isn’t good enough which leaves me feeling really discouraged
im so into these internet analysis videos.. thank you Tiffany, you rock
This pisses me off while there are young adults going to bed hungry to pay off bills
Yes thank you! I go to a private college as a low income student, and it's always annoyed me that people don't understand that even in high school, low income students had to work rather than do all the extracurriculars that wealthy kids could. Plus in college, I've always had to work multiple jobs, but a lot of students only have to go to class because their parents give them money to live off.
When I was in HS I had great grades, did extracurriculars, got my biliteracy seal, yadda yadda. I got into pretty much all of my schools and got near full ride at one or 2 but it still wasn’t enough. At the time, going to community was a huge disappointment because I felt like all of that work geared towards going to university didn’t matter. I had a friend complaining about how expensive school was too and about how she was worried about cost. Showed up one day and she was wearing a university sweatshirt and I was like “I thought you said you couldn’t afford it” and she went “oh my parents moved some money around.” Her parents moved money around...to afford a school that would cost $240k for tuition alone. I will literally never forget that.
Thankyouthankyouthankyou for talking about how these scams maintain the power ultra wealthy in the US, along with how spots are taken away from more deserving students. Not only are hard working well deserving students robbed of a spot because daddy bribed the right people, but colleges (especially the extremely competitive and top tier colleges involved with the scandal) are the way for students of lower means to escape cycles of financial instability in America. Educational institutions offer upward mobility in a country where social and financial capital is abhorrently stratified. Thank you for talking about this 🙌
I really enjoy your videos. Very to the point and you present lots of facts and opinions and also entertaining
This is so off topic but you look smokin' as usual ; D Your hair looks sooo good!
I started watching you because of Bernie(when you advocated for him in 2016) so the oligarchy reference was spot on. Free college tuition would impact so many poor smart people who could better participate in the economy if they had an good education they could afford.
I was hardcore waiting for you to talk about this.
I'm a senior in high school right now, and no one is madder about this than me and all my fellow seniors who applied to college this year. Especially those who applied to and got rejected from schools involved in this scandal.