JP
Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra
@pardoguerra.bsky.social
Sociologist at UC San Diego. Author of Automating Finance (2019) & The Quantified Scholar (2022) tinyurl.com/2p82v69n Director Latin American Studies (2023-25) and the International Institute (2024-26) at UC San Diego. Anything else I can direct?
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I started reading this and had to stop. It made me quite unwell.
Elite educational consultants are charging parents upwards of $120,000 a year to coach their kids into Ivy League schools by curating their extracurriculars, helping them land internships, craft essays and more
Inventing the Perfect College Applicant
For $120,000 a year, Christopher Rim promises to turn any student into Ivy bait.
The post alone had the same effect on me.
Does these consultants also preselect the therapists for when these kids have breakdowns?
Truly gross
I could envision a modern Robin Hood scenario.
JP
Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra
@pardoguerra.bsky.social
Sociologist at UC San Diego. Author of Automating Finance (2019) & The Quantified Scholar (2022) tinyurl.com/2p82v69n Director Latin American Studies (2023-25) and the International Institute (2024-26) at UC San Diego. Anything else I can direct?
2.2k followers901 following4k posts