Over 40 people, including Shameless actor William H. Macy and Desperate Wives star Felicity Huffman, were implicated in an illegal college admissions scam this weekend. With some families paying totals like $6,500,000, these parents allegedly made large transactions, dubbed ‘charitable contributions’, in exchange for their children attending schools like Yale and Georgetown. Students attended these colleges as athletes, quitting after a short time or never actually playing a sport.
RBHS students gave their opinions on the effects of wealth in higher education.
Do you think money has too much influence in admissions to elite schools?
"I think that people with more money are more likely to go to higher-ranked schools like Yale or Harvard because they come from more money which usually means more support, sometimes. But I don't think people without a lot of money can't go to schools; they just have to work a lot harder because they don't have the original money." - Hannah Arneson, freshman
Brandon Kim • Mar 13, 2019 at 10:15 pm
This is really unethical! Sad to see money used this way. I wish the money could have been used for a less dirty cause.