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by 908B64B197 1590 days ago
> Is there not more to life than gaming university applications?

No.

A lot of parents are getting their kids phony medical diagnostics just so they can get extra time on exams. [0]

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2019/03/16/fake-lea...
2 comments
TuringNYC 1590 days ago
University applications have such a compounding effect on things the rest of your life that paid-gaming of university admissions might well be the highest ROI investment for many wealthy.
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drekipus 1590 days ago
> University applications have such a compounding effect on things the rest of your life

does it? I'm not in the US, so I wouldn't know.

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lowbloodsugar 1590 days ago
But also please be aware that some of them aren't phony.
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flir 1590 days ago
That kid a few years back who fed buckets of soil bacteria on plastic waste and selected for the buckets that ate the waste best was pretty cool. I really hope that wasn't fake.
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908B64B197 1589 days ago
Most of them aren’t.

And a lot go undiagnosed as well because the parents don’t care/are ashamed/don’t know how to navigate the system.

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