Charges Rich Parents in College Entry Fraud” (front page, March 13):As a lawyer who has studied selective-college admissions, I would like to correct a misperception about the recent college admissions scandal. Therefore, by fraudulently raising their SAT or ACT scores, those applicants who had famous parents were simply making themselves more competitive vis-à-vis other V.I.P. Similarly, the applicants with fraudulent athletic credentials got themselves placed at the top of the athletes’ admissions track. Thus, in neither case were the ordinary applicants in the general admissions pool (who are judged more or less strictly on their merits) affected by the frauds perpetrated in this case. Jonathan ZellColumbus, OhioTo the Editor:The recent college admissions scandal has prompted pundit after pundit to bemoan how the Ivy League is made up of wealthy, entitled students who have gotten where they are by illicit means.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2019 18:00 UTC