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Nicole LaPorte

Biography

Nicole LaPorte

Nicole LaPorte is an LA-based senior writer for Fast Company. She previously was a columnist for The New York Times and a staff writer for Newsweek, The Daily Beast and Variety. She is the author of THE MEN WHO WOULD BE KING: Movies, Moguls, and a Company Called Dreamworks.

Nicole LaPorte

Books by Nicole LaPorte

Guilty Admissions: The Bribes, Favors, and Phonies Behind the College Cheating Scandal
by Nicole LaPorte - Nonfiction, True Crime

GUILTY ADMISSIONS weaves together the story of an unscrupulous college counselor named Rick Singer, and how he preyed on the desperation of some of the country's wealthiest families living in a world defined by fierce competition and a community of deeply insecure parents who will do anything to get their kids into name-brand colleges in order to maintain their own A-list status. Investigative reporter Nicole LaPorte lays bare the source of this insecurity --- that in 2019, no special "hook" in the form of legacy status, athletic talent or financial giving can guarantee a child's entrance into an elite school. The result is paranoia, deception and true crimes at the peak of the American social pyramid.