What a message it sends to the children: You’re not good enough to do this on your own. Your parents and your counselors know the rules, and when and how to break them. Jared did get into Harvard, despite grades and test scores that were, according to Golden’s reporting, well below what Harvard typically wants. They got away with it, the Justice Department charges , because coaches went along with it, accepting bribes. The people indicted by federal prosecutors or implicated in what happened worked at Wake Forest, the University of Southern California, Georgetown, U.C.L.A.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2019 20:36 UTC