but i'm sure this event has taught them a valuable lesson in life.

this mess do something to make things right, or yank their undeserving kids out, or make them pay for another kid to go to that school too, who wouldn't ever able to afford such a school, otherwise.

At least do something good out of this whole mess.

I hope that they get their day in court.

Almost too quick

How did they get the ball rolling so fast. I wonder if their parents are rich too and they have lawyers on standby and mommy and daddy did this.

Could a student sue if a college lowered its admission standards and/or expanded the number
of students it accepted?

Could some student sue over "grade inflation"?

So it's deceptive advertising, possibly fraud.

Both the students and the schools would have cause for civil action against the people running the fraud.

If the fraudsters were all third parties then yes, the schools were victims too. The plaintiffs would only have a weak case based on the theory that the school should have known or should have taken steps to prevent that sort of fraud.

But if some of the people involved were employees or agents of the school, that's more of a problem. Paid off admissions officers is clearly a problem for the school, e.g.

If the school admins had no idea then the college is not involved and not responsible. They might have to sue Singer and the people involved and not the schools.

that is what they are paid for. The coaches knew since they were taking the bribes.

to sue over the fake classes that were mostly taken by football and basketball players. North Carolina decided to jeopardize their accreditation instead of their NCAA standing in that case. Loss of accreditation would be devastating to the value of a degree.

in on this scandal? And these people got into Stanford the fair way? So what kind of sense does their suit make? It's obviously possible for people without an unfair advantage to get into an elite school. What odious people. All of them. And a few of my favorite people went to elite schools. They were very smart and well-educated, but that was a long time ago.

Is that these students are going to have to prove their claims!

"And even though they both got into and are now attending Stanford, ranked No. 7 in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, their degrees now won't carry as much weight"

Unless they can see into the future, that claim might be a little hard to prove.