This episode is by Jovani Contreras with the help of Jarrett Ramones.
Opening Narration by Katelyn Chang.
Episode art by Nancy Aguilar-Aquino.
Social media by Fátima Ramirez.

Giselle Solis hopes to get into UC Berkeley this year, but the responsibility of supporting her family through her part time job has stifled her extracurricular list and tanked her standardized test scores, making her a fringe candidate. She is not alone. Take a peek behind the curtain to see the inner workings of our broken college admissions process. Learn about its issues, biases, and foundational flaws that stack the cards against low-income students in this episode of

Works Cited/Attributions:

https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/04/11/uscs-backdoor-admissions-faculty-raises-questions-about-preferential-treatment/

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/breaking-ranks-college-colin-diver/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/us/varsity-blues-scandal-verdict.html

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