The Real College Scandal | The Point Magazine

In 2019, fifty or so parents were found to have bribed administrators and coaches to have their children accepted to colleges around the country. This […]

In 2019, fifty or so parents were found to have bribed administrators and coaches to have their children accepted to colleges around the country. This college-admissions scandal—“Operation Varsity Blues,” as it was known—got drawn out over several news cycles. That a bunch of people broke the law was not, in fact, the real scandal , as several pundits made sure to stress. Their crimes were only the tip of the iceberg; the real, true scandal was so enigmatic, so elusive, so deeply buried, that even after weeks in the press, commentators still felt called upon to dig some more. So what was the r

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