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Even if she didn't bribe anyone or throw her weight around just being related to her still influences it a lot.
But at least she's supportive. The amount of parents that think their kids can make it on their own is stupid and it's just not right. Being smart and getting good scores isn't enough on its own.
I'm sorry, but you should be fucking ashamed to take a handout when you're a goddamned multimillionaire, music star, and movie star. Not a millionaire once and just barely (if taxes don't go up and you don't have a medical emergency), but many millions of dollars. Fucking pathetic.
I'd respect her more if her kids got into school because she paid for two new libraries. At least then someone would benefit.
Well I wish Jennifer Lopez's twins the best of luck in whatever college they'd pick (from the five they accepted and got their scholarship from).
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I would ask why they would even apply? Have you no honor; you are stinking rich, there is no possible situation where you would need the scholarship...so why even apply.
The only way that this works in my head is if these are the initial recipients of a new perpetual scholarship from the "Lopez foundation" or similar. Thus paying it forward for generations; rather than just a rich person pissing contest saying look my kids with the best tutors in the world beat out everyone else for another scholarship.
When I went to college one of the forms I filled out applied me to a whole bunch of scholarships. Some I very much wasn't qualified for. I assume they had a better high school counselor than I did and did something similar. Your last point is generally how non means tested scholarships work.
Free and equal access to education should be a basic right and cornerstone of every society.
Yeah, but 'Murica isn't a civilised country
If they did that the rich kid would whine until there were no scholarships anymore, Means testing is generally a bad idea because, for one thing, it usually costs more to regulate than would've been spent to keep giving out freely.
Yeah why did these little fuckers even apply for them?
The kids probably worked hard and deserve it so no shade on them. Though, it is kind of like hearing a "follow your dreams" success story about a person who was able to do so due to the support of their rich parents.
Anyone remember that whole "athletic scholarship" scandal from a few years back, then Doctor Dre was bragging about his daughter getting into USC on her own...until someone pointed out he just donated millions of dollars to the school....
that whole “athletic scholarship” scandal from a few years back
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Blues_scandal#Fabrication_of_sports_credentials
Athletic scholarships are legitimate. The scandal was that someone was bribing coaches to falsely identify athletic recruits.
Nope. Scholarships are awards based on academic performance. Bursaries are needs-based funding without a performance requirement.
If you want to change that, you have to change the system of ear-marked private donations. Most scholarships are set up by wealthy private donors with very specific requirements for the student to meet.
Scholarships are awards based on academic performance.
How do you figure? My department has scholarships tied to a whole lot of criteria. Many are purely need based.
Public universities used to be tuition free. The government funded universities. Now it just underwrites student loans. The wealthy private donors prefer the current system because their donations give them wage slaves. They also get the added benefit of having their name on a university building.
In a sane country education is not only free, but students are provided with a small basic stipend from the government with the option of very favorable loans if needed.
And how did they perform well? Excellent and expensive schools and tutors their entire child life.
Is there an objective way to measure how much just the fact that they are J.Lo's kids affected this result? I am not talking about having more opportunities and better education because they are wealthy. Curious about just the raw power of the name itself. Back when I was in uni years, I have seen many instances of extremely high quality candidates getting rejections from five such applications that it made me think for "normal" people, even after you satisfy certain requirements, chance is still a big factor.
At places like Princeton, Harvard, or USC, a big chunk of what most people are paying for is access to a bunch of young rich kids while they are intoxicated and emotionally open.
You can make really strong bonds with people in college, and being able to promote that children of prominent rich people attend your college is a value-add for the university far beyond the discounted tuition.
So this doesn't give me any particular clue about the intelligence or diligence of these kids.
It would be hilarious if they were all community colleges that accept all applicants though. 😆
There was a scandal a few years ago with a bunch of celeb kids. They're getting in front of it by bragging they got ultra privilege so when they pick just one school it'll be humble.
They may also be smart and deserve it. Doesn't change there's someone with less money who could benefit more.
Kinda dumb for rich people to brag about education when education is directly tied to wealth.
It's a flex. In a society that fools itself into thinking it is a meritocracy, people who buy privilege still think that means they are intrinsically worthy and amazing. Scholarship is thought to portray that the individual is so intelligent (or good at sports) that the university is ready to give up thousands in income to have that candidate.
Scholarships are not meant for the filthy peasants who need them, that would be like giving feebies to the undeserving freeloaders. Instead it should be given to those gifted and capable individuals who could afford an expensive private education.
Those universities are gambling thousands of current-revenue tuition dollars on millions of future-revenue philanthropy. The odds are good on a J-Lo level prospect.
I think it's important to distinguish need-based financial aid from merit-based scholarships here, as well as exclude 3rd party scholarships. Need-based financial aid does exist, but only at top universities that don't need the money and basically pay for everyone to go if their parents make less than $200k a year. Merit-based scholarships are exactly what you're talking about and very very often go to upper-middle class students as an incentive to attend. I had a rich friend who didn't want to apply to selective universities so they went to a random state university that offered them this type of scholarship, and I believe didn't end up having to pay anything for college. At least that was the brag.
That being said, I want to say I'm shocked and appalled JLo would be so out of touch to think this would land, but that's pretty par for the course for her.
The J-Lo Scholarship of Excellence.
Criteria: Be J-Los kids. Go to college.
"Mom, seriously, it was a post about us going to college. Did you have to do a model pose and have your belly sticking out."
In academia, scholarships are often treated like academic awards, and academics will often list them in the same section on their CVs.
That’s because they are awarded based on academic performance, not by financial need, for anyone else wondering. Honoring academic performance is the whole point of them.
The fact that the world’s initial reaction is “they don’t deserve it because they don’t need the money” is more of an indictment of the cost of higher education than it is of how scholarships are awarded.
Also, they have “scholarships” based on financial need, they are called Bursaries.
I wouldn't say honour is the whole point. I think its a way to ensure young people are able to afford the opportunity, and to convince talented students to attend that particular school.
But, yeah, they're for academic achievement, not academic achievement _and_having poor parents.
Better to fight for free education than against young people getting awarded for doing well in school.