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OPERATION VARSITY BLUES

You didn’t write the SATs, didn’t play the sport, and definitely didn’t qualify–but somehow, you still got in. Congratulations! You’ve just been accepted into the backdoor of Ivy League admissions, where money talks and morals disappear.

Behind brochures and billion-dollar endowments lies a system built on bribery, falsified credentials, and deals disguised as donations. The FBI’s Operation Varsity Blues exposed wealthy parents, actors, and lawyers paying millions to secure spots for their children at top universities.

Now, in the scandal’s heated aftermath, a high-stakes emergency summit has been called in Los Angeles. Public trust in higher education is collapsing, and the pressure is overwhelming.

Delegates will debate standardized testing equity, legacy admissions, donor influence, and access for first-generation and low-income students. Discussions will explore whether standardized testing should be abolished, the role governments should play in regulating private institutions, and how privilege continues to distort the concept of merit.

NOTE: This committee will have low- to medium-level crisis elements.


COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS

Background guide coming soon…


CONTACT


MEET THE TEAM

Have content-related questions? Reach out to our Committee Dais at varsityblues@utmun.org.

HAFSA IQBAL,
Committee Director

University of Toronto Scarborough, 2nd Year
Political Science, Public Law and International Developmental Studies

IZZLE IBRAHIM,
Crisis Manager

University of Toronto, 2nd Year
Political Science and International Relations

JOEY CHAN,
Crisis Analyst

University of Toronto Scarborough, 3rd Year
Behavioural Neuroscience

ALISHBA NOMAN,
Moderator

University of Toronto Scarborough, 2nd Year
Management Accounting and Economics

NOT PICTURED: SALLY KIM, Crisis Analyst, LEN LU, Crisis Analyst, and RASMIYAH CHOWDHURY, Logistics Officer.

COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION