Chinese Families Paying to Get Their Kids into Elite, American Colleges

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I still think it's ridiculous. If I had $6M to throw away, I'd have my kid work in my business with me, and maybe get a degree if they wanted one, wherever they wanted. If they didn't want one, I'd be fine with that as well.

To me, the reason you go out and work hard in HS is to get into a decent school to get a degree so you can live a decent life with a decent job. If you don't need money, then you don't need the rest of that stuff. You already HAVE a decent (more than) life.

If money was no object, my son would join the military at 18. Since he wants to make more money than he can as an enlisted person, he's thinking of going to college on an ROTC scholarship so he can be an officer.

My daughter hates school. If money was no object, she'd quit now (in HS). She'd find things to do to be productive, but school certainly wouldn't be it.

Any way you slice it, they would not spend $6M do bribe their way into ANY college. Ever. They'd rather have the cash!