Think of it like this. The school has X places reserved for people to pay their way in. In exchange for those places, the university and student body get a bun

Think of it like this. The school has X places reserved for people to pay their way in. In exchange for those places, the university and student body get a bunch of benefits for letting in someone who is not otherwise qualified. Think of this as a theft from the university and student body by the person accepting the money. The quality of the student body goes down but the university doesn’t get the benefit they’re supposed to.