The latest college admissions scandal is especially juicy because it involves the corruption-ridden world of college sports. And in the cut-throat world of college admissions, one of the most common things rich people do is use athletics to gain access to elite academic institutions for which they might not otherwise qualify. College sports have long provided a “separate admissions system,” to quote Lelling, that largely benefits the wealthy. ASSOCIATED PRESS Sixty-five percent of Division I water polo athletes are white, an even larger majority than in D-I college sports as a whole. At Harvard, The Atlantic noted, non-athletes are admitted at rates “nearly 1,000 times lower” than athletes with comparable scores on the school’s admissions scale.

Source: Huffington Post March 13, 2019 21:33 UTC