[Mick]

The central figure in the Varsity Blues scandals, Rick Singer, was sentenced to 42 months in prison plus 3 years supervised release in January 2023.  He was released to a halfway house in August 2024 (19 months later).  He was alleged to have directed $15 million to his own personal benefit (That's $833,333 per month, if you're curious.) and was ordered to pay $19 million in restitution.

In an ABC interview, Singer says "Everything that the U.S. attorney said, and the FBI said, and everybody else said that I did do, I did it."

As for Rick Singer, he was released to a halfway house last summer.  And he's back in the college admissions consulting field.  His company "ID Future Stars" (I will not promote it with a link, but it has the obvious .com site),  It touts "20+ Years of Experience", 6500+ admissions, and its "List of Universities" includes Caltech, MIT, a bunch of UC schools.  Also interestingly, it does NOT list USC or Stanford.  But, I note that the site doesn't say anything more than this is a list of universities. No claim of success in putting students in those schools; that's just the impression I'm sure it is supposed to convey.

That's an interesting set of claims by a company that formed in the summer of 2024.

Maybe he's actually reformed.  He's certainly giving it lip service.  But, sorry, if I were looking for such services, I'd find a different one.

My cousin is in Singer's industry. He's also a former Stanford baseball manager, has two Stanford degrees, and is an exceptional, high-integrity man. Meant to ask him about Singer last time I talked to him, but we got onto other topics. Incidentally, my cousin was the first Jeopardy wildcard finalist champion two years ago, and he did Stanford proud.

[Mick]

The central figure in the Varsity Blues scandals, Rick Singer, was sentenced to 42 months in prison plus 3 years supervised release in January 2023.  He was released to a halfway house in August 2024 (19 months later).  He was alleged to have directed $15 million to his own personal benefit (That's $833,333 per month, if you're curious.) and was ordered to pay $19 million in restitution.

In an ABC interview, Singer says "Everything that the U.S. attorney said, and the FBI said, and everybody else said that I did do, I did it."

As for Rick Singer, he was released to a halfway house last summer.  And he's back in the college admissions consulting field.  His company "ID Future Stars" (I will not promote it with a link, but it has the obvious .com site),  It touts "20+ Years of Experience", 6500+ admissions, and its "List of Universities" includes Caltech, MIT, a bunch of UC schools.  Also interestingly, it does NOT list USC or Stanford.  But, I note that the site doesn't say anything more than this is a list of universities. No claim of success in putting students in those schools; that's just the impression I'm sure it is supposed to convey.

That's an interesting set of claims by a company that formed in the summer of 2024.

Maybe he's actually reformed.  He's certainly giving it lip service.  But, sorry, if I were looking for such services, I'd find a different one.

My cousin is in Singer's industry. He's also a former Stanford baseball manager, has two Stanford degrees, and is an exceptional, high-integrity man. Meant to ask him about Singer last time I talked to him, but we got onto other topics. Incidentally, my cousin was the first Jeopardy wildcard finalist champion two years ago, and he did Stanford proud.