A primer on the wide-ranging scheme; how the colleges responded; what the internet said; and more about the eye-popping scam.
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Admission Through the ‘Side Door’

By Eric Hoover
 

The details of an elaborate scam for buying seats at elite colleges are striking. But the themes at the heart of the saga are all too familiar. PREMIUM

 

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By Sarah Brown
 

A primer on the wide-ranging scheme.

By Terry Nguyen
 

Eleven people at Stanford, Yale, and other universities were among the dozens indicted for their alleged roles.

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz
 

Here’s a peek at online reactions to the bribery scheme that’s rocking elite colleges.

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