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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

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Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to sneak the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities.
Director
Chris Smith
Year
2021
Genre
documentary, crime, drama
Box Office
N/A
Production
Library Films
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination
Homepage
https://www.netflix.com/title/81130691

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He's pushing hard. Like, "You gotta tell me what they're doing." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
He's pushing hard. Like, "You gotta tell me what t...
You need to discuss this with Bill, not discuss it with me." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:19
You need to discuss this with Bill, not discuss it with me.&...
What Rick does is very specific to circumstances." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:12
What Rick does is very specific to circumstances."
I said, "Listen, you are in a very competitive environment." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
I said, "Listen, you are in a very competitive environm...
No matter who you think you know, it doesn't matter." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:14
No matter who you think you know, it doesn't matter.&qu...
The reassurance that other people just like you - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
The reassurance that other people just like you
"I've dealt with this a million times." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:10
"I've dealt with this a million times."
My profile of Rick Singer is he's a born salesman. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
My profile of Rick Singer is he's a born salesman.
He was smooth and subtle, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
He was smooth and subtle,
So he nurtured the process well, like a good salesman does. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
So he nurtured the process well, like a good salesman does.
Is… is crew the best? Is that even gonna really matter? - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
Is… is crew the best? Is that even gonna really matter?
Massachusetts businessman John Wilson. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:14
Massachusetts businessman John Wilson.
That's correct. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
That's correct.
You don't have to worry about it. It's a done deal. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
You don't have to worry about it. It's a done deal...
Okay. That's great. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
Okay. That's great.
All right. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
All right.
- Got a big birthday July 19. - Okay. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
- Got a big birthday July 19. - Okay.
I know. A black tie party there, so you'll have to come. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:19
I know. A black tie party there, so you'll have to come...
My sense was that Rick Singer had a somewhat unhappy childhood. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
My sense was that Rick Singer had a somewhat unhappy childho...
He was bright. He had the gift of the gab unquestionably. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
He was bright. He had the gift of the gab unquestionably.
But his problem was he was too volatile, particularly as a high school coach. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
But his problem was he was too volatile, particularly as a h...
He tended to scream at the players if something went wrong. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
He tended to scream at the players if something went wrong.
When Sacramento State had a bad year, they went 4 and 24 one year, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
When Sacramento State had a bad year, they went 4 and 24 one...
That's when he looked around and he said, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
That's when he looked around and he said,
I've gotta switch careers." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:10
I've gotta switch careers."
It's interesting how his background, in a way, prepared him for this scandal. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
It's interesting how his background, in a way, prepared...
If you think about it, as a basketball coach in college, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:17
If you think about it, as a basketball coach in college,
Hey, John. How are ya? - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Hey, John. How are ya?
- Saudi Arabia? - Yeah, I'm in Dubai. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:13
- Saudi Arabia? - Yeah, I'm in Dubai.
While we were having that conversation, I said, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:20
While we were having that conversation, I said,
- Right. - So I want you to have first dibs. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
- Right. - So I want you to have first dibs.
I can send him your $500,000 to secure a spot for one of your girls. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
I can send him your $500,000 to secure a spot for one of you...
John Vandemoer, he was kind of lured out to Stanford. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
John Vandemoer, he was kind of lured out to Stanford.
He was a successful sailing coach on the East Coast. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
He was a successful sailing coach on the East Coast.
I am the head coach of the Stanford University sailing team… - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
I am the head coach of the Stanford University sailing team…...
There were a lot of people that were surprised, who knew him, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
There were a lot of people that were surprised, who knew him...
Did you ever imagine yourself in this situation - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Did you ever imagine yourself in this situation
Never. It's a lot. It's something I don't think I've fully comprehended yet. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Never. It's a lot. It's something I don't thi...
Um… - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Um…
I first got connected with Rick Singer through a phone call. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
I first got connected with Rick Singer through a phone call.
He called me one day, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
He called me one day,
So I thought it was intriguing and agreed to meet with him the next morning. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
So I thought it was intriguing and agreed to meet with him t...
What I thought was interesting is that I was expecting him to text me or call me - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
What I thought was interesting is that I was expecting him t...
You have to have a keycard to kind of swipe in and out of every door. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
You have to have a keycard to kind of swipe in and out of ev...
I was shocked by that, but it definitely told me - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
I was shocked by that, but it definitely told me
Rick Singer is kind of your California beach bum, in a way. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
Rick Singer is kind of your California beach bum, in a way.
He was actually really easy to talk to. I had really good conversations with him. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
He was actually really easy to talk to. I had really good co...
He was really engaging and drawing me in. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
He was really engaging and drawing me in.
Our interaction was solely about recruiting. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
Our interaction was solely about recruiting.
The way recruiting works at Stanford is - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
The way recruiting works at Stanford is
He kinda ended with him talking about this young woman named Molly Zhao. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
He kinda ended with him talking about this young woman named...
Hello, everyone. I am, um, 17 now. I've just graduated from high school. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
Hello, everyone. I am, um, 17 now. I've just graduated ...
So I wasn't considering her for a spot I could support, and I had told Rick that. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
So I wasn't considering her for a spot I could support,...
He contacted me almost right away and was like, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:20
He contacted me almost right away and was like,
So that was it. And I didn't hear anything from Rick for a while. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
So that was it. And I didn't hear anything from Rick fo...
In August of that next year, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:34
In August of that next year,
Why did Rick Singer donate $500,000 in the name of Molly Zhao? - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
Why did Rick Singer donate $500,000 in the name of Molly Zha...
It may have been a huge down payment - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
It may have been a huge down payment
He sent the check. I got it in the mail at my campus mailbox, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:10
He sent the check. I got it in the mail at my campus mailbox...
She was excited for me. We talked about how - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
She was excited for me. We talked about how
At the same time, the head athletic director for Stanford was there, as well, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
At the same time, the head athletic director for Stanford wa...
I started to explain, "Hey, it's through this guy, Rick Singer." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:15
I started to explain, "Hey, it's through this guy,...
And I think we definitely saw this in the case of Stanford. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
And I think we definitely saw this in the case of Stanford.
When you'd have $100, $200, $500,000 donations - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:13
When you'd have $100, $200, $500,000 donations
It seems as if Singer targeted sports that were under the radar - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
It seems as if Singer targeted sports that were under the ra...
Okay. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Okay.
Yale soccer coach Rudy Meredith pocketing more than $860,000 in bribes. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:15
Yale soccer coach Rudy Meredith pocketing more than $860,000...
I got a new athletic director is what I'm trying to tell you. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:12
I got a new athletic director is what I'm trying to tel...
Mm-hmm. No problem. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
Mm-hmm. No problem.
I know. And you're on the left side of the road. Be careful. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
I know. And you're on the left side of the road. Be car...
I tell you what, I'm glad I live in the US. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:18
I tell you what, I'm glad I live in the US.
I met Rick through my very first time on a dating site. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
I met Rick through my very first time on a dating site.
I'd never been on a dating site before in my life. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
I'd never been on a dating site before in my life.
And, at 53 years old at the time, I figured, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:12
And, at 53 years old at the time, I figured,
When I met him, did I look him up online? Of course. Right away. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
When I met him, did I look him up online? Of course. Right a...
And I thought, "Wow, this guy is…" - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:16
And I thought, "Wow, this guy is…"
I thought, "He's really a go-getter." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:18
I thought, "He's really a go-getter."
He was 12 and I was 12. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
He was 12 and I was 12.
I had a paper route, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:11
I had a paper route,
So I said, "Okay, I had a paper route, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:11
So I said, "Okay, I had a paper route,
It was quick. It was like, "Nice to meet you. Great. Good night. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
It was quick. It was like, "Nice to meet you. Great. Go...
I really like you. When I find time, let's go out again." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
I really like you. When I find time, let's go out again...
One time I sent him an emoji, the Bitmoji, I said, "Hi." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:10
One time I sent him an emoji, the Bitmoji, I said, "Hi....
His own family said, you know, I made him laugh. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
His own family said, you know, I made him laugh.
He was not, uh… - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
He was not, uh…
He was just so very busy with college coaching, house to house. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
He was just so very busy with college coaching, house to hou...
Another characteristic of Singer's - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Another characteristic of Singer's
From what his former assistants told me, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
From what his former assistants told me,
And he would be, you know, texting his assistants at all hours of the day, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
And he would be, you know, texting his assistants at all hou...
I got the sense he had clients all over the place. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
I got the sense he had clients all over the place.
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Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to sneak the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities.

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Director: Chris Smith
Writer: Jon Karmen
Production: Library Films
Genre: documentary, crime, drama
Year: 2021
MetaScore: 70/100
ImdbRating: 6.9
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 17 Mar 2021
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81130691

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