These universities publicly portray their admissions process as meritocratic. They go out of their way to dispel the notion that buying your way in is officiall

These universities publicly portray their admissions process as meritocratic. They go out of their way to dispel the notion that buying your way in is officially an option. That it IS an option, in spite of their assurances, is corruption in my book, regardless of whether or not it's an open secret.