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McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A new business is using the Internet to sell compositions written by successful applicants to 60 competitive colleges and schools. Personnel of the service claim the essays are not to encourage plagiarism but to help disadvantaged or underprepared students compete. Admissions counselors disagree, and some are prepared to reject applicants…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cheating, College Admission, College Applicants
