Work to success

Although it is disturbing that someone could falsify records and create an environment that is dishonest and that people are willing to take advantage of this to “help” their children by getting them into a prestigious university, I am not so sure that getting admitted into a reputable university is in and of itself a passport to success.

Reputable universities have fairly rigorous academic requirements and people who got “pushed” in would likely have difficulty keeping up with their classmates academically. No matter how the kids get into an elite school and manage to graduate (some may have needed some help for this, too), when faced with the real world, only the ones with grit and talent will rise in the real world.

Even in the old days, George W. Bush and Ted Kennedy secured admission into Ivy League colleges but received average grades. Kennedy was expelled after he was caught cheating on a test.

The only sad aspect of this phenomenon is that these undeserving kids deprive some deserving kids of spots in the elite universities.

Regardless of the university one may attend, the cream rises to the top. So people who missed getting admitted because of the “short-cut” entrants and went to a supposedly lesser school will still rise in their professional life based on their desire to succeed and hard work. SAILESH KAPADIA

Franklin Park