Watching the admissions scandal documentary. I had a side gig for one of the “elite” prep companies for a bit doing GMAT, GRE, and SAT. We were just a cut below the main dude in the documentary in a lot of ways. The best of the best tutors used to fly all over the world to work with the scions of wealthy families for booku dollars.
It's about what you'd expect. My parents really didn't have any clue how to play they game even if they'd wanted to on my behalf. You'll like this --- one of my Duke essays was about playing Tartuffe in high school and included the phrase, "...with hips thrust forward...".
What got me about the whole thing was the number of extremely wealthy lawyers involved that at one point said something like, "...now, I'm a lawyer, and this doesn't sound legit.." and then paid half a million to photoshop their kid's head on a water polo player's body anyway.
Junior. Loves it. Lived in Riverside North (IIRC) Freshman year. Had a blast, thankfully did well. Joined a sorority, but inactive now because well they can’t do anything except pay dues.
COVID is tough on all students, especially freshmen and seniors it seems to me. But we’re getting there. It all gets better.