[82lsju]

The thought that 'bad' applications were ferreted out by Admissions is a little optimistic. The first student apparently opted for a 'gap' year and never reapplied. The second one applied elsewhere. The dad spent $260,000 on payments for applications that were never actually presented.

Wow.

more from the document, I don't think applicant 1 took a gap year but decided to go elsewhere and not apply given the timing of deciding to go elsewhere in summer 2018

- In or about May 2018, after Stanford Applicant 1 deferred his application to Stanford for one year. Singer mailed a payment of $110,000 from one of the KWF charitable accounts to the Stanford sailing program in exchange for VANDEMOER's agreement to designate Stanford Applicant 1 as a sailing recruit in the following year's recruitment cycle. 

- In or about the summer of 2018, after Stanford Applicant 1 decided to attend a different university,

I also think Singer was using the money paid as a placeholder deposit for a future unknown applicant who's parents would pay to use the spot, so this parent was probably not out $270k for nothing (I'm assuming that money was used to get the kid into the place they attended)

VANDEMOER agreed with Singer that the payment would serve as a "deposit" for a future student's purported recruitment.

[82lsju]

The thought that 'bad' applications were ferreted out by Admissions is a little optimistic. The first student apparently opted for a 'gap' year and never reapplied. The second one applied elsewhere. The dad spent $260,000 on payments for applications that were never actually presented.

Wow.

more from the document, I don't think applicant 1 took a gap year but decided to go elsewhere and not apply given the timing of deciding to go elsewhere in summer 2018

- In or about May 2018, after Stanford Applicant 1 deferred his application to Stanford for one year. Singer mailed a payment of $110,000 from one of the KWF charitable accounts to the Stanford sailing program in exchange for VANDEMOER's agreement to designate Stanford Applicant 1 as a sailing recruit in the following year's recruitment cycle. 

- In or about the summer of 2018, after Stanford Applicant 1 decided to attend a different university,

I also think Singer was using the money paid as a placeholder deposit for a future unknown applicant who's parents would pay to use the spot, so this parent was probably not out $270k for nothing (I'm assuming that money was used to get the kid into the place they attended)

VANDEMOER agreed with Singer that the payment would serve as a "deposit" for a future student's purported recruitment.