Less than two months ago, Parade published an interview with Mr. Macy, in which he spoke of his older daughter’s college search. “We’re right now in the thick of college application time, which is so stressful,” he said. “I am voting that once she gets accepted, she maybe takes a year off.”[Here’s a list of those charged in the scandal.] However stressful the process was, prosecutors believe the cheating helped his daughter’s cause. If they went through with the plan, Mr. Singer explained, the second score could only go up so much or else they would raise suspicions.

Source: New York Times March 13, 2019 00:13 UTC