He borrowed an SAT guide, studied "tooth and nail" and scored a respectable 1200 on the standardized college admissions test. Actress Felicity Huffman, left, and Lori Loughlin are among 50 people indicted in a sweeping U.S. university admissions scam. Critics of the U.S. college admissions system say it also exposes a rigged playing field for admissions and who gets left behind. The $25-million scheme "drives home the reality that the education system is stacked in favour of the rich," said Joseph Soares, author of SAT Wars: The Case for Test-Optional College Admissions. This image of a woman playing water polo was allegedly submitted with another student's university application as part of the U.S. college cheating scam.

Source: CBC News March 14, 2019 08:00 UTC