The Dean’s Interest List at Harvard 

Nearly half of white students admitted to Harvard between 2009 and 2014 were recruited athletes, legacy students, children of faculty and staff, or on the dean’s interest list (applicants whose parents or relatives have donated to Harvard), according to a 2019 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Says Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory: “Other than one bribe being made out in the open and with a few extra zeros in it, can someone explain to me the difference between ‘the dean’s interest list’ at Harvard and the ‘admissions scandal’ at USC?”