The college application process, for those staying within the rules, is one long and maddening lesson in the limits of control. That this nerve-racking powerlessness could simply be bought off is among the most galling parts of the college admission scandal that exploded across the country last week. For the honest applicants, the path to college begins in years of effort and culminates now, in these early spring weeks, with answers landing at any moment in email inboxes. Some students worry that their achievements are too few. Some have already entered the world of higher education by going to community college — and are now hoping to transfer to a four-year school not too far from home.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2019 15:22 UTC