<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: When Parents Turn to Crime to Get Kids Into Elite Schools
An alleged tens of thousands in bribes, surrogate test-takers, faked athletes. Plus: Whether dogs sense when humans are sick, another Brexit deal dashed, and more
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Fifty people—including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin—were charged in a scam that involved gargantuan sums of money thrown at trying to fake applicants as recruited athletes (sometimes for sports they didn’t even play) and to see through cheating on standardized tests (sometimes involving surrogate test-takers). It’s reportedly the largest admissions-cheating case prosecuted by the Department of Justice. But it’s no surprise the extent to which elite students have all sorts of other advantages in the These include oft-cited “legacy admissions,” but also more veiled aspects of the process, such as college Currently no students have been charged in the probe. Kids, perhaps, are the ones who suffer most from the
