When it comes to admissions to elite schools, money can all but guarantee access to those who can afford it
The concept of parody can be understood most simply as the comic art of taking something familiar to such excess that it becomes farce.
In that sense, this week’s college admissions fraud scandal, which has ensnared dozens of wealthy and famous Americans, is an act of pure, if unintentional, parody. Because while the process was exaggerated to a comical extent, the reality is that when it comes to admissions to elite schools, money can all but guarantee access to those who can afford it.
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