Quick quiz: Which of the following is not an essay topic on the latest version of the common application to gain admission to U.S. colleges? 1. Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, […]
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Naomi Schaefer Riley , an occasional Bloomberg View columnist, is the author of "The Faculty Lounges and Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Paid For."
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Cheating at Harvard Exposes an Admissions Game
The news that 125 students at Harvard are under investigation for cheating has caused a reaction often heard when the mighty fall. How could they have been so stupid? And in an Introduction to Congress course, no less. How could such a large number of students — half the class — submit almost identical answers […]
