The little-known scandal behind cheating into the Ivies

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Questions we explored this week:

  • Here’s the little-known scandal behind cheating into Ivy Leagues. Parents are involved. What is it?
  • Some scholarship offers are scams. What are signs you’re getting ripped off?
  • Harvard grad students on strike demanding better treatment. What do they want?

December 30, 2019 — Faking addresses to get into magnet schools
Magnet high schools like Booker T. Washington in Dallas boast that their 250 seniors earn cumulatively $62 million in scholarships and a...

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