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Kinda dumb for rich people to brag about education when education is directly tied to wealth.

It's a flex. In a society that fools itself into thinking it is a meritocracy, people who buy privilege still think that means they are intrinsically worthy and amazing. Scholarship is thought to portray that the individual is so intelligent (or good at sports) that the university is ready to give up thousands in income to have that candidate.

Scholarships are not meant for the filthy peasants who need them, that would be like giving feebies to the undeserving freeloaders. Instead it should be given to those gifted and capable individuals who could afford an expensive private education.

Anyone remember that whole "athletic scholarship" scandal from a few years back, then Doctor Dre was bragging about his daughter getting into USC on her own...until someone pointed out he just donated millions of dollars to the school....

I'm sorry, but you should be fucking ashamed to take a handout when you're a goddamned multimillionaire, music star, and movie star. Not a millionaire once and just barely (if taxes don't go up and you don't have a medical emergency), but many millions of dollars. Fucking pathetic.

I'd respect her more if her kids got into school because she paid for two new libraries. At least then someone would benefit.

Free and equal access to education should be a basic right and cornerstone of every society.

"Mom, seriously, it was a post about us going to college. Did you have to do a model pose and have your belly sticking out."

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I would ask why they would even apply? Have you no honor; you are stinking rich, there is no possible situation where you would need the scholarship...so why even apply.

The only way that this works in my head is if these are the initial recipients of a new perpetual scholarship from the "Lopez foundation" or similar. Thus paying it forward for generations; rather than just a rich person pissing contest saying look my kids with the best tutors in the world beat out everyone else for another scholarship.

Nope. Scholarships are awards based on academic performance. Bursaries are needs-based funding without a performance requirement.

If you want to change that, you have to change the system of ear-marked private donations. Most scholarships are set up by wealthy private donors with very specific requirements for the student to meet.

The J-Lo Scholarship of Excellence.

Criteria: Be J-Los kids. Go to college.

In academia, scholarships are often treated like academic awards, and academics will often list them in the same section on their CVs.

Is there an objective way to measure how much just the fact that they are J.Lo's kids affected this result? I am not talking about having more opportunities and better education because they are wealthy. Curious about just the raw power of the name itself. Back when I was in uni years, I have seen many instances of extremely high quality candidates getting rejections from five such applications that it made me think for "normal" people, even after you satisfy certain requirements, chance is still a big factor.

Rich people get richer while the poor stay poor. Yes they do, yes they do.

Im wondering if she's paying anything for her teens to go at all or she plans for them to figure it out or something.

Why does it look like someone photoshopped in a picture of J Lo's face?

If they did that the rich kid would whine until there were no scholarships anymore, Means testing is generally a bad idea because, for one thing, it usually costs more to regulate than would've been spent to keep giving out freely.

time to support my sons- better make sure everybody knows i still have abs

The kids probably worked hard and deserve it so no shade on them. Though, it is kind of like hearing a "follow your dreams" success story about a person who was able to do so due to the support of their rich parents.

Mom, put your belly away...

It's mixed here. Awards and scholarships are important for other applications. Her kids should be proud of their academic accomplishments - they can't choose their mother. That said, hopefully they turn down the funds so another candidate can be funded with it next year.

Even if she didn't bribe anyone or throw her weight around just being related to her still influences it a lot.

But at least she's supportive. The amount of parents that think their kids can make it on their own is stupid and it's just not right. Being smart and getting good scores isn't enough on its own.