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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

So we can get kinda close.- Yes. Rick Singer wasthe independent counselor who orchestrated...

So we can get kinda close.
- Yes. Rick Singer was
the independent counselor who orchestrated the wrongdoing
in Operation Varsity Blues, and the court documents
indicate that it started in 2011

Full Transcript

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- So we can get kinda close. - Yes.
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Rick Singer was the independent counselor
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who orchestrated the wrongdoing in Operation Varsity Blues,
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and the court documents indicate that it started in 2011.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
70
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:44
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, drama
Production
Library Films

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Movie Summary

Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to sneak the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities.
My own research into Singer's life and career - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:11
My own research into Singer's life and career
I'd like to think Rick started out - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
I'd like to think Rick started out
If you wanted information about college admissions, you went to Rick. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
If you wanted information about college admissions, you went...
They were impressed and thought, "Wow, he knows the formula." - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:16
They were impressed and thought, "Wow, he knows the for...
So you do what you do. You apply money to the problem. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:04
So you do what you do. You apply money to the problem.
You find somebody who will independently help just your child, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
You find somebody who will independently help just your chil...
And that's sort of the genesis of an independent college counselor. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
And that's sort of the genesis of an independent colleg...
My parents said, "We're hiring an independent college counselor - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:33
My parents said, "We're hiring an independent coll...
He had this company called Future Stars. I had many friends that used him. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:06
He had this company called Future Stars. I had many friends ...
If you didn't, you'd regret it and worry about, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:12
If you didn't, you'd regret it and worry about,
His idea was that what he was doing was - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
His idea was that what he was doing was
He used to walk around in his athletic clothes, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
He used to walk around in his athletic clothes,
There are people you meet who feel like they have this vibrating tension - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:09
There are people you meet who feel like they have this vibra...
He was always giving presentations at Borders, at the country clubs. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
He was always giving presentations at Borders, at the countr...
And I also knew what his presentations entailed, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
And I also knew what his presentations entailed,
I would hear some stories from kids that made me think - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:07
I would hear some stories from kids that made me think
I have one acquaintance who said that Rick started offering him, - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:18
I have one acquaintance who said that Rick started offering ...
The word I got from people who knew him in Sacramento - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
The word I got from people who knew him in Sacramento
You know, changing their race from white to Latino - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:08
You know, changing their race from white to Latino
Because I was always suspicious of Rick Singer, I started to keep a file. - Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal 00:05
Because I was always suspicious of Rick Singer, I started to...