Mr. Varsity Blues speaks

From The Chronicle of Higher Education podcast College Matters, Jack Stripling interviews Rick Singer, the college-admissions consultant at the center of an admissions scandal: “Mr. Varsity Blues Claps Back.” It’s a remarkable performance of whataboutism and self-justification.

The questions that don’t get asked: What about the student who wasn’t accepted to a school because someone whose family had the means to hire you was accepted instead? And what about the student who missed out on a scholarship because someone whose family had the means to hire you got it instead?

Cheating the system is not a victimless crime.