My guess is they did not know. At the same time, Wharton has a class size of 800 students and probably h ad 7,000 applicants who don't trigger google alerts. I am not sure if they even remembered all the applicants and their names to go back and check on them or perhaps this person applied in R2 in Jan, way after the Oct publication of this article. I guess it is not hard to see how this information would be lost and overlooked.
The main question is would they have done anything differently if they had known... and I am not sure and thinking perhaps not.One of my classmates was handcuffed by the cops in the classroom. They entered, handcuffed him, and took him out in his BSchool clothes (it was a domestic abuse charge) but in any case, he did not get kicked out or placed on probation or anything like that. I also had classmates get DUI's which is a felony and the only implication is that they could be deported if they were international students since that conflicts with the Visa law but I don't think you get kicked out of BSchool. I guess there is no rule for former felons going to universities either. The only thing is that they won't get gov loans/grants but nothing prevents them from attending, except a University policy potentially. It is an interesting question.
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bb wrote:
I admit that I just glanced and did not read every word of the article this morning but how do you know that Wharton actually knew? (is there a reference in the article)? Are you saying they actually reviewed this in the applicant consideration and said "we are OK?" or possibly that it was not disclosed to them and did not show up on background check ins it was allegedly... but not proven or indited.
1) He was named in a major news publication. If Wharton didn't find out in the application/background check process, that's negligence.
2) Yes, it is alleged and he wasn't indicted, but if the WSJ felt confident enough in the source to publish it, then there's sure as hell something there. Would you hire someone who had similar allegations published about them in the news?
At the end of the day, you're right that we don't know what Wharton knew. We can only judge based on results and this is pretty bad. As a Wharton student myself, I'm personally embarassed that we're associated with this clown.
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