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>>9931814
Holy shit, how did I miss this!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Medical_University#Manipulation_of_test_scores
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/betrayed-victims-of-tokyos-medical-school-scandal-react
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45108272
>They got caught because of an investigation into a bureaucrat's son who got into the university in exchange for an easier time obtaining funds.
>It'd been going on since 2006.
>Students who made donations to the school got their exam scores boosted in 19 occasions.
>They would drop everyone's scores by about 20% and then boost the scores of the male applicants (except the male applicants who had already failed the exam at least four times, Wikipedia has a typo here).
>The goal was to actively reject female applicants and reduce the overall ratio of females being accepted.
>Aside from the exam there is also an interview where the women are asked questions about their marriage and child-rearing plans.
What the fuck man, it sounds like the only recourse female applicants who were unfairly rejected have now is to ask for their application fee back. All the brainlets who got in by getting their scores boosted got off scot-free.

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