The Varsity Blues scandal was a major college admissions bribery scheme that came to light in March 2019. It involved wealthy parents, including celebrities like Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, who paid large sums of money to a college admissions consultant named William "Rick" Singer to help their children gain admission to prestigious universities like Yale and Stanford. The scheme included falsifying test scores and creating fake athletic profiles to present students as recruited athletes. The scandal exposed widespread corruption in the college admissions process and led to numerous arrests and legal consequences for those involved, highlighting issues of privilege and inequality in education.