A student caught up in the college admissions scandal once said she was accepted because of 'hard work,' not rich parents

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A student who reportedly got into Stanford after her parents paid $6.5 million had said she was admitted because of 'hard work'

The woman whose parents reportedly paid $6.5 million in the college admissions scandal celebrated her admission to Stanford University in 2017 by saying she got in because of"hard work," not because of her rich parents., Yusi Zhao said:"I tested into Stanford through my own hard work."

"Some people think, 'Didn't you get into Stanford because your family is rich?'" she, who also goes by Molly,were named to the Los Angeles TimesThe source told the LA Times that Zhao's family, who live in Beijing, were introduced to the scheme's ringleader,Zhao's father is Tao Zhao, the chairman and co-founder of Shandong Buchang, a multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company based in China,The Chinese woman whose family was the college admission scandal's...

To ensure Zhao's admission into the school, her family paid Singer to have her recruited as part of Stanford's sailing team, despite not playing the sport, the source told the LA Times. A month after Zhao was admitted into the school, her family donated $6.5 million to Singer's charity, which prosecutors

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