Can you enter a world prestigious school?The truth of "Entrance Admission" in the study abroad institution from the reporter from the sheep night

Text/Figure Yangcheng Evening News All -Media Reporter Intern Fu Jueming

"The world's top famous schools are directly recorded", "free GPA, language -free, pre -pre -lessee" ... In advertisements, major overseas universities have been labeled on the price. On social platforms such as Zhihu, many "insurance admission" intermediaries threw olive branches to undergraduate students Zhou Yan. After the goods were more than three, he chose the lowest quotation. 180,000 yuan is exactly the price he can bear.

The so -called "insurance admission" for studying abroad generally refers to some of the intermediaries of studying abroad through some means that applicants can have nearly 100%probability of obtaining the operating method of admission notices for target colleges.

Since 2021, Zhou Yan has received admission notices from many famous overseas schools. Looking back at the application materials, he suddenly found that he had never stepped into the United States, and he "flat" with a transcript and degree certificate of an American undergraduate.

In recent years, "insurance admission" advertisements are common in major social media. Some international students vomit online: Many studying abroad institutions will secretly sell the so -called "insurance admission" project, which claims to spend money on the gold list title. Where is the sacred "guarantee admission"? How does the entire industrial chain operate step by step? The reporter was interviewed by various parties to start the truth of the "insurance admission" of some study institutions at the bottom.

The search results page of "study abroad insurance" on a platform

Temptation as long as the money school "picks casually"

"You can apply for it." In the second half of 2020, Zhou Yan's undergraduate career in Germany was close. He hoped that he could continue to go to the UK for a master's degree in study. However, due to his poor undergraduate grades and may not even get the degree certificate, coupled with the lack of application materials, the normal application will be "one vote for veto" by the target college. So he set his sights on the "insurance admission" study abroad institution, which claims to be "100%success rate".

On the market, the "insurance admission" project is expensive, ranging from tens of thousands to millions of yuan. But there are two points that make Zhou Yanxin: First, save trouble; second, steady advance. The intermediary promises that as long as they provide sufficient money and provide personal information, they can serve the "one dragon" to the end, "schools are just picking."

A person who claims to be an Ace Education intermediary lobbying: "We started from the United Kingdom. Like the teaching department of the University of Birmingham, we have the Chinese teacher we know. The relationship between the" internal recommendation '"can directly hand the materials. "At that time, Zhou Yan believed that since the intermediary can get" internal push "and obtain" normal "enrollment qualifications, it is reasonable to collect expensive intermediary fees. Without hesitation, he signed a contract.

Zhou Yan later learned that the institutional party had no "internal push" places, and he did not know the people within the University of Birmingham. Based on the principle of integrity, the University of Birmingham trusted the materials submitted by the institution and issued a notice to Zhou Yan.

According to the original process of the two sides, Zhou Yan would not find it all. Except for the initial disclosure of the "internal" relationship, the intermediary agency was silent about other specific operations. Students' mailboxes, account numbers and other matters are all run by them. In the entire process, students need to deliver the deposit first, make a second paragraph when obtaining the admission notice, make up for the visa after getting the visa, and finally get the personal application account number to get the personal application account number View information. "They said that you just get the offer (admission notice), others are otherwise. I am afraid that students will run halfway, they have to take the account in their own hands and make a guarantee."

At that time, Zhou Yan didn't notice anything wrong. Subsequently, he received three famous school admission notices, and he readily remitted the money. After getting a visa, he was postponed due to the epidemic, and he was unable to study on the spot. He began to study the application account. When I checked it, I found that I "became" a high school student at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States, and studied in business management, with a grade of 15%.

The fake degree certificate and transcript were like an irregular bomb, which made Zhou Yan feel scared. He has registered the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, but because he is afraid of "explosive thunder", he has not paid tuition and dare not to study. According to his understanding, in 2022, a student at King London was ordered to drop out of school for "insurance admission" fraud. "A drop out of school is not a glorious thing. The institution says that colleges and universities will not check, but who dares to guarantee it?"

When Zhou Yan took his story about social media, seven classmates went to him one after another. They have reported the "Entrance Admission" project in different institutions, and they have similar experiences: an application account that cannot be touched, and an exotic degree that has not been studied.

what on earth is it?

Visiting mysterious overseas bachelor degree

The most important thing is this mysterious overseas undergraduate degree in Zhou Yan's "insurance admission" experience. How did it come? The reporter tried to add a "guarantee admission" intermediary to WeChat.

"Our project can currently be used for components, IELTS, and preparatory courses." One plus WeChat, Ms. Chen, who claims to be ADmitWrite Study Abroad, began to greet the reporter enthusiastically: "We will register a undergraduate undergraduate under American university for students Academic qualifications to apply for the next school. The advantage of this American degree is unlimited and unlimited grades, and because it is a four -year English teaching environment, you can also exempt the language. Coupled with some soft backgrounds, as in internship/ Scientific research, etc., after the overall packaging, you can apply for a world prestigious school. "

Then she presented a project table to reporters. On the table, the schools they can apply for covering Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada, Singapore, and even the Hong Kong and Macau regions of China, the highest charges are Oxford University, Cambridge University, Harvard University, and Stanford University. Its graduate programs have started at 1 million yuan. Compared with Britain and the United States, the charges of Australian universities and Canadian universities are relatively "affordable", and the price is usually between 100,000 to 200,000 yuan. A "guarantee admission" project charging table shown by AdmitWrite Study Abroad (Unit: 10,000 yuan)

According to Ms. Chen, there are six cooperative institutions in the United States that can provide students with academic qualifications. They are divided into high, medium and low -grade. According to the students' next step in the school, the school grades are different. Directly issue regular transcripts and degree certificates. "In theory, the transcript is as much as you want. The materials are completely‘ too strong ’.”

However, while claiming that the materials are "excellent", Ms. Chen pointed out that the degree can only support the background to investigate until the graduation of students. After graduation, the education of this "admission and admission" will be "scrapped immediately." His institutional consultant Kyle further explained: "Every time the back tone requires money. The registered education is only applicable to this master's application. The corresponding reply will be given here. "

Another study abroad institution Sos Education's "Entrance Admission" project is also based on the "registration" overseas academic qualifications, but the method is slightly different. Elena said that they would first submit the real grades of the students to the school. After the evaluation of the school's admissions officer was approved, the money was locked to the place, and the degree certificate and transcript were dependent on the situation- "We generally choose QS World University University University The top 50 schools, give you the degree of these universities, and fully support the background investigation. "

When the reporter said that he had no internship or scientific research experience to write in the application document, Elena seemed to be commonplace: "We invite the scientific research teacher of the Ivy League college in the United States to help him submit a proof of scientific research projects. The school can be done. "The reporter asked further, whether he could substantially join the scientific research project, Elena was surprised:" Do you want to learn specifically? We do n’t need to participate in our side, which can be proved. "

A "ProvisionAl offer" confirmed by the intermediary agency shared by the "Inner Push" teacher

Is it true? On the official website of Sos Education, the reporter saw that its elite team recruited many "enrollment officers in front of prestigious schools." However, compared to these "former admissions officers" photos, the reporter found that "former Deputy Director of the Admissions Office of Northwest University in the United States" is a British doctor who specializes in oncology. Professor.

To this end, the reporter specially email the professor at Yale University, who said: "I have never held that post, I have never ben involved in yale university admits, and this organization haSlutely I have never held that position and never participated in the enrollment of Yale University. This organization has nothing to do with me. ""

The "elite team" introduced by Sos Education's official website, but the reporter contacted one of the "admissions officers".

Requesting from the professor at the School of Management of Yale University

At the same time, the reporter also sent an email to the University of London and the University of Leeds to verify whether there was a "internal push" to the QS ranking. As of press time, the University of London has not answered, and the University of Liz replied: "I have handed the questions to the relevant team in order to further inform you."

Mr. Sun, who has been engaged in the study abroad service industry for more than ten years, is the earliest discounting consultant to study abroad in the "Zhihu" industry. At present, more than 50 "insurance admission" students have contacted him to help him check the power. He introduced to reporters that there are two specific operation methods for overseas undergraduate degrees: one is that institutions and overseas private colleges and universities are traded, and "real fake materials" are issued for applicants. It is the institution's own pseudo -college degree. "It is more that the second situation is packaged into the first case, because it is difficult for individuals to verify the authenticity of student files. Even many students do not know that their bachelor's degree is fake packaging." Mr. Sun said.

It is worth noting that students with a "new" degree have no visas, no entry and exit records, and the decent "Li Gui" cannot stand scrutiny. "The school can find problems as soon as the school's spot checks. Regardless of whether the education supports the background investigation, students will face the order of dropping out." Mr. Sun emphasized.

Spread to "black hands" and extend to cooperative school running school

Except for the application of overseas graduate students, the "guarantee admission" institution has not let go of another "fat" -undergraduate application.

If you apply for an overseas undergraduate college, you need a high school degree. Looking at the world, there is an international course that has entered the vision of the "Security Admission" institution -Canadian high school OSSD course. The reporter learned that there is currently no national unified teaching syllabus in Canada, and the educational affairs of various provinces are responsible for the education departments of the provinces. OSSD (Ontario Secondary School Diploma) is a high -Chinese diploma course in Ontario, Canada. Students need to complete 30 credits, complete 40 hours of community services, and get OSSD graduation certificates through Ontario Secondary School Literation Test. So why does OSSD become the "golden springboard" in the eyes of study abroad institutions?

"There is no problem with the OSSD course mechanism, but speculators have seized the characteristics of this international course without global unified examinations." Mr. Shen, who has been engaged in the study abroad service industry for 20 years, said that the biggest feature of the OSSD course is flexibility. It adopts the evaluation method of 70%of the normal score+30%final evaluation, paying attention to the student's processing learning, and to the greatest extent to avoid the uncertain factors brought by students' unsatisfactory examinations. Because it is an international curriculum, it also supports the credit conversion between different education system courses. Students can turn from other systems to the Canadian OSSD course system at any time. However, based on these characteristics, the course system has become speculative in some people's eyes, and the results of "water release" and academic fraud are endless.

In recent years, with the advantages of their own non -test education, the OSSD course has taken root in China and entered the market. The epidemic has spawned a large number of institutions to provide OSSD online courses, but the qualifications of course teaching are different. Many institutions do not have the implementation of remote full -time teaching plans and teaching quality. "Before the epidemic, the course also requires students to go to Canada for the last year. But after the epidemic, students can complete the OSSD course in three years in China, and many people start making fast money." Mr. Shen said.

Toronto Map/Visual China, Canada

According to reports, in 2020 and 2021, in order to cope with some problems such as some students studying abroad during the epidemic, the Ministry of Education decided to temporarily allow some cooperative school institutions and projects to expand, providing students who were originally planned to study abroad and affected the obstacles to the country. Study opportunities. This is a "shortcut" for some studying abroad institutions for "insurance admission".

The picture shows the convenience policy released by the Ministry of Education in 2020

When students get the transcripts of the OSSD course and Ontario's high school education, they can apply for overseas universities, and then take the admission notice from overseas universities to use the convenience policies of the Ministry of Education to apply for domestic cooperative universities. However, after applying for a cooperative college with an admission notice from overseas universities and graduation, students can only get the degree certificate from overseas partners.

"Our institutions are facing the undergraduate" 4+0 "training mode of the cooperative school to conduct 'guarantee admission'. You can apply for all, and the charges are different. For example, the charges of cooperative school -run projects of one university start from 250,000 yuan. "A" teacher Li Li "who claims to be from Zhejiang Education" introduced to reporters: "But we can only operate in the operation. Certificate. For example, your college entrance examination recruits the University of Ningbo, Ningbo University. After successfully graduating, the degree certificate, graduation certificate of Ningbo University University, and the degree certificate of the University of Nottingham in the UK.

At present, colleges and universities have noticed "insurance admission" fraud. In August 2021, Ningbo University University issued a statement on the "insurance admission" fraud on vigilance of independent enrollment. The school stated that it had received reports that some criminal claimed that they could ignore the grades of "insurance admission" to the University of Ningbo's University of Nottingham and take the opportunity to deceive students and parents' money. In the statement, the school reminds students of students to pay attention to scoring: "Our school has never carried out the 'guarantee projects' on independent enrollment with any social training institutions or individuals with authorization or other forms of authorization or other forms."

The University of Ningbo's Nottingham of Ningbo on a statement of "guarantee" scams for independent enrollment enrollment

The Yangcheng Evening News reporter recently asked the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) for "guarantee admission". The person in charge of the admissions office said that the "guarantee admission" project does not exist. "If candidates have similar questions, they can contact the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) Admissions Office."

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The intertwined interests and dark box operations constitute the orderly dark network of "insurance admission": layer of agency subcontracting, collusion outside the country, and earning large commissions.

How much is the annual capital flow and profit space for a "guarantee admission" institution? Mr. Sun joined some "insurance admission" study abroad intermediary group. He told reporters that there are often people in the group who share "pictures of bundles of cash": "The amount is the level you can't imagine. Record, no check. "

It is reported that the overseas agents in "Insurance Admission" are mainly small studios of 8-10 people, or even leather bag companies. In addition to their own work, some of them will develop "offline". "Most of the study abroad institutions that sell the project in China are not directly operated, but just the" offline "of the" Secret Admission "institution. The "study abroad institution will basically transfer 20%-30%of funds to go online to ensure that you have 30%-50%of profitable space. "The" insurance admission "institution also has tens of thousands of yuan. What can I buy? Often directly cheat two ends." The "guarantee admission" advertisement searched through the browser

Mr. Shen has also been contacted by a Canadian international school personnel. The other party offer a price of 400,000 to 500,000 yuan/person, claiming that if it becomes a school's home, the study abroad institution can make a profit of about 100,000 yuan/person, an absolute huge profiteering business.

How can "fat meat" not cause fierce competition? The online retrieval based on the keywords of "study abroad insurance" as the keyword. The reporter found that social platforms such as Xiaohongshu, Zhihu, Weibo, and Kuaishou are the hardest hit areas for "insurance admission". The name of admission "is the name of the" insurance admission "agency to promote their own" insurance admission "institutions: some drafts that claim to be the truth of" guarantee admission ", and finally point to the students to find a reliable" insurance admission " mechanism. Even in the industry, there is still a contempt chain: those who donate are looking down on the academic qualifications, and those who buy their degree look down on pictures (fake documents).

"If the study abroad industry will suffer in the crisis of trust in the future, the" insurance admission "will definitely be on the list." Mr. Sun sighed. He believes that after the outbreak of the global new crown epidemic in 2020, the fake acts are increasingly rampant.

Cao Qiang, a senior practitioner in the study abroad industry, said that on the one hand, the epidemic has caused the overseas study market to shrink, and on the other hand, the "double reduction" policy cut off some institutional discipline training business. Under the pressure and temptation of money, cheating and falsifying ash recovered. Some peers who follow the law have also begun to be driven by interests to develop "insurance admission" projects. Many applicants have even produced wrong concepts, thinking that "the guarantee and insurance division and insurance" is the manifestation of the strength of a study abroad institution. "Even the class teacher of the school recommended the study abroad teachers written by the children. The criteria for judging the criteria turned out to help 'low scores and high records'." Cao Qiang said.

How does border supervision come out?

The "landscape" of "guarantee admission" is increasingly expanded. However, the study abroad institutions suspected of fake insurance are currently in the gray area of ​​supervision.

"We do not have the authority to regulate whether the application materials for the study abroad institution are faked." The reporter entered the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education in the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education. Manage from the perspective of market supervision. "We can only remind students to choose cautiously, and we must consider whether it is reasonable and legal for any application for 'shortcuts'."

The reporter also consulted the Sichuan Provincial Education External Exchange Center, which belongs to the ADMITWRITE study abroad institution, and its staff also said that the study abroad institutions are in the business category and they need to be checked in accordance with the market operation rules. They will not involve it in advance.

However, when the reporter contacted the market regulatory authorities of the above -mentioned study institutions, the relevant staff stated that they had no right to regulate the fraudulent matters of the materials of the study abroad institutions. Chengdu High -tech Zone Market Supervision Consumption Consumer Consumer Consumer Hotline personnel said that the field of study abroad may be involved in the jurisdiction of the Education Bureau and the Social Security Bureau. It is recommended that the complaint call the 12345 citizen service hotline and assign other departments for processing. The personnel of the market supervision department of Qixia District, Nanjing told reporters: "Not all market behaviors are included in the scope of market supervision. We can only check whether the study abroad institutions are suspected of false publicity. If the institution violates the advertising law, we will impose administrative penalties. As for whether the application materials are suspected of illegal operation, this is not within our jurisdiction, and the education department should be consulting. "

The reporter learned that in 2017, the "Decision of the State Council to cancel the implementation of administrative licenses in designated local implementation of the central government" canceled the qualification identification of the intermediary service agency at the self -funded abroad. Strengthen the supervision of the event and investigate and deal with illegal acts in accordance with the law. "In the same year, the" Demonstration Text of the Demonstration of the Intermediary Service for the study abroad "formulated by the Ministry of Education and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce was officially implemented. Many people in the industry believe that this means that the study abroad industry has completely entered market -oriented operations. However, there seems to be some blind spots to supervise the application materials for studying abroad agencies.

Due to the blurred regulatory, some "entering" students chose to defend their rights through legal means. The legal document database "Weike First" shows that in the past five years, the number of cases of studying abroad in my country involved 938 cases, of which the number of cases in the past three years has reached 639, and 90.88%of the cases involved in the amount of less than 500,000 yuan. The most cited clauses corresponding to the "Code of the People's Republic of China" Article 509 "The parties shall follow the principle of honesty and trust, and perform the notice, assistance, and confidentiality of the contract according to the nature, purpose and transaction habits of the contract."

Database of the legal document database "Weiko Pioneer" shows the data of the "Study Abroad Intermediary" case involved in the case

Can students still recover money after buying the "guarantee admission" business? Yang Shuyuan, a member of the British Royal Frank Arbitration Association and a lawyer of Tianjin Huiguang Law Firm, who often accepts the case of "insurance admission" case, said that the content of the contract involves providing false academic qualifications, transcripts, and improper means of use. It should be invalid contracts and can be refunded through litigation. "If the contract service fee is too high, there is a chance of winning, and the proportion of some refund cases is about 70%." After receiving the payment, you can cancel the company quickly. Even if the students win the lawsuit, it is still difficult to recover the money. "

The "guarantee admission" of rights involves another difficulty, which is the cross -border fraud in overseas education.

Ma Xinguo, director of the Criminal Compliance Department of the Enterprise Criminal Compliance Department of the Belarusian Republic of China, told reporters that if the overseas academic qualifications are forged, the institution will be suspected of illegal criminal activities such as fraud. During his studies overseas, he was found to have a fake education and will also face the risk of being fired. "If the institution is indeed as stated, there are many cooperative institutions overseas, which can issue certification materials for students who do not actually study overseas, and consider whether it violates the laws of the country."

For students who encounter insurance records and are fraudulent and lost their learning opportunities, Ma Xinguo suggested that students go to the public security organs to report the case to actively protect their rights and interests. "If the institution is suspected of fraud crimes, the case can be reported to the domestic public security organs. If it is a foreign institution, it can be reported to the Chinese embassies and consulates of the country to coordinate the local law enforcement agency to crack down on a crime. Civil lawsules or arbitration in China can be filed for claims. "

Do not believe in low scores and famous school lies

Chen Zhiwen, a member of the expert group of the National Education Examination Commission, believes that the "guarantee admission" actually reflects the utilitarian education concept of some parents. "If the children are dazzling and quick success, it is difficult to consciously tighten the string of integrity." Chen Zhiwen said.

In recent years, students have been dropped out of school for falsification. In 2018, seven Chinese students were expelled from Shixi Branch of the State University of New York for submitting a false transcript for postgraduate students. In 2019, a student named Wang was dropped out of school by the school for counterfeiting in 2016 for the fake of Columbia University.

The enrollment fraud case exposed in 2019 was filmed as a documentary "Buy Famous School: Operation VARSITY BLUES: The College Admissions Scandal)

"Entering the university is not successful at the end of the arrival." Jiang Xin, the operation manager of the headquarters of the British INTO Education Group, said, "'' Insurance admission 'students go to schools that do not match their own strength, they will not get good academic support and student care. The transition and adaptation will lead to poor academic performance. We believe that all students can adhere to the principles of academic integrity and avoid being discouraged by poor grades or after admission. "

The review of colleges and universities is also continuously strengthened. In December 2021, the University of Edinburgh first promulgated a restriction policy for students' application for OSSD curriculums, and made certain requirements in terms of students studying colleges, teaching methods, curriculum credits, and transcript submission methods.

At the same time, the industry's supervision is also fasting. In December 2021, the China Education Think Tank Alliance Study Education Research Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Learning League") established a nationwide national education industry institution standard service and credit system construction alliance. At present, more than 300 industry institutions have joined. Xu Qingzhi, Executive Director of Xue alliance, said that Xuemeng is actively establishing industry standards. "We have a blacklist in the industry at the same time, and 50-60 institutions have been included in it.

National Study Education Industry Institutions Regulatory Services and Credit System Construction Alliance Convention

All in all, all parties are released with the same signal: parents and students should not believe in any lies such as "taking shortcuts and admission" and "low points to famous schools".

Today, Zhou Yan, who has broken down with the "Entrance Admission", finally gets a degree with his own efforts. He submitted the application materials in accordance with the legal and compliant study abroad channel and waited for the arrival of a real admission notice.

When asked why he chose to believe in "insurance admission" at the beginning, another student Xu Zijie who signed up for "guarantee admission" left a sentence: "It should be vanity."

(The requirements of the interview object, Zhou Yan and Xu Zijie in the text are all pseudonyms)

Source | Yangcheng Evening News · Yangcheng School

Responsible editor | Wei Liyuan

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