College Admissions: How Wealth Expands the Playing Field
Operation Varsity Blues closed the criminal back door to top-tier college admissions. The legal version — bigger, quieter, and post-SFFA still intact — did not move.
Operation Varsity Blues closed the criminal back door to top-tier college admissions. The legal version — bigger, quieter, and post-SFFA still intact — did not move.
Wealthy parents spend $70K a year on a Manhattan kindergarten and $500K on a college consultant. The genuine risks to their children are not what most of them are buying against.
Trinity charges $69,000. Harvard admits 43% of white students through legacy, athlete, or donor paths. A clear look at the schooling money buys — and what it doesn’t.