FROM WIRE TRANSFERS TO WELCOME LETTERS:
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.
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