Rich people are rich because they don’t pay for things.
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Jenny from the block got money for rocks but not tuition for her boys. Shameless bullshit
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Merrit-based scholarships are often awarded solely on merit without finance review and without a student ever applying for them. They are algorithmic.
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This came up in an interview about how she was proud they worked through their ADHD and did what they said they would, worked hard and got accepted to all colleges they applied to, including getting scholarships.
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It was never stated that they accepted the scholarships.
Memes often lack nuance. Though it could also be that they took the money and never give back. I don't follow celebs enough to know.
"By any means necessary" don't ring so well when you're born into generational wealth
On the other side, this could be meant as standing up for merit-based scholarship, regardless of background. (Can't say if it is, but I'm not gonna denigrate the kids' presumed efforts by presuming they didn't put any.)
I'll say this. Having money just makes it easier to succeed. Usually basic needs like food, shelter, and healthcare are accounted for and never need to be thought about. Most people think about bills and healthcare costs at least once a day. Rich people can afford tutors, special schools, personalized attention, coaches, therapists, counselors, etc. That sets them up for success. It takes less effort for rich kids to get to baseline compared to poor kids. So yes, I think rich people have it easier. Also, being related to a celebrity helps. Universities want that clout
They could be really smart and studied hard or they could be lazy and dumb. They would have been accepted to the all regardless.
It very much depends on the critical missing detail of what colleges these were. UC schools (for example) regularly turn down far more wealthy/famous students than them, and have a pretty decent system for judging based on merit before applications are considered. Other schools vary greatly - some fully anonymize applicants, others are outright for sale. We can't know without more info, which given the public status of their parent is probably reasonably redacted for their privacy.
(Many merit based scholarships also strictly remove irrelevant PII from applications - but by no means all)
Who's to say those scholarships aren't their parents money.
That was my thought. There is a certain value for a student in seeking and getting scholarships. Now, a good idea would be to spend her money providing funding to the school itself. That way her kids aren't the only ones to see the benefits.
Kid with poor parents who can't pay for college: Scholarships
Kids with rich asshole parents who won't pay for college: "get fucked kid"
Rich parents don't mean rich kids once they turn 18. Happens to queer kids all the time. I wouldn't cut them off from scholarships.
But then J-Lo shouldn't be bragging about it.
There are rich people who don’t pay for their kids college.
One of the wealthiest families that I went to high school with set the expectation that they were not paying for their children’s college. They would provide support for their living expenses, so not 100 percent cut off, but both of them are quite successful. One became a medical doctor, the other a successful architect.
So with out them being able to get scholarships, they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to go to college in the same way.
"I'm a self-made man, started with nothing!"
These two might not meet that definition, however I do see it as a rare but valuable example where a wealthy family and I might add that this family built their wealth from a masonry business; very blue collar beginnings and instilled a work ethic in their kids that led to successful lives.
Kid on the left looks like that one little cousin that everyone hates.
Their entire life ambition is stealing thing from others. They don't feel alive if they don't feel superior.
Both. They should be finding scholarships and should get them if earned
How about we just make university free like in most developed nations? Why can our government bail out greedy corporations but not the future working class?
I agree but in those countries students still have to earn a spot I think. It's gov. Scholarships for anyone who qualifies.
Right that's the thing we need