Felicity Huffman, actress, is one of the many people involved in the recent college admissions scandal with some of the top colleges. She had a SAT proctor correct her test after her daughter left the testing facility to ensure she received a high score. Her daughter has been seeing a psychologist since she was eight years old, so she was able to receive extra time to take her test. This allowed for Ms. Huffman to pay someone around $15,000 to arrange for someone to correct her daughter's exam. She will be officially sentenced in September, but her sentence has said to range from 20 years to 4 months.
This article was published by Kate Taylor and Julie Bosman of The New York Times. This article was published on May 13, 2019 which is today, so it is very recent and up to date on the information given. The audience is the people of America to inform them about a recent issue with some prestigious universities in the United States. This is especially relevant to us as high school students because college is just around the corner, and we have to start thinking about it soon. The authors gave the facts and got to the point with the information. This current events issue is similar to the meat packing scandal during the progressive era because this was a huge scandal with a lot of back lash from the people which called for reform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/us/felicity-huffman-guilty-college-admissions-scandal.html
It is very sad that parents would think it was ok to use their money to get their children accepted to a college. If you don't meet the requirements to get into a school, then I also think you likely would not be successful there.
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