09 Şubat 2024 Cuma
So her parents paid three consultants $4,500 to fill out the application, write her personal essay and compose teacher recommendation letters.
They also arranged her visa and communicated with her prospective colleges — eight ranked between 40 and 100 on the U.S. News & World Report College rankings.
“It would have been too much hassle if I had applied myself,” says Zhang, which is not her real name.
In August, she’ll start her undergraduate career with an open major at a Midwestern university, in the United States. She says she’s unaware that her application could be considered fraudulent and even get her expelled.