“I created a guarantee,” Mr. Singer said in a Boston courtroom. Court papers said he promised to slot them in as athletes — with fabricated or embellished records — and on schools’ “V.I.P. According to court papers, Mr. Singer also promised parents that their children would get an ACT score in the 30s, or a 1400 or better SAT score. Ivy Coach students sign and submit their own applications, according to Mr. Taylor. He said the fact that Mr. Singer was submitting applications on behalf of his clients was “a mark of unscrupulousness in and of itself.”

Source: New York Times March 13, 2019 16:50 UTC