Every year, the USA's top universities accept only an average of 7.3% of the thousands of applications received - and it's even less for the prestigious Ivy League schools. For a while now there has been a stench of corruption surrounding higher education: an ugly truth suggesting that these elite institutions are not just in it for the education.

Author of the bestselling book "The College Cartel", Sahaj Sharda joins Nathan Eckersley for this special interview about college admissions scandals, the beneficiaries of the current system and the important reforms which need to be implemented.

Connect with Sahaj Sharda on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hajsharda

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