Editorial Cartoon - Admission Scandal

By Kate Haddon

Although the admissions scandal is not a super relevant story anymore, the idea is very relevant to high school and university students. As time passed more and more came out about the admission scandal stories, and the stories were not as covered as they had been. With all that's going on in the world, they were almost forgotten. Although it might not seem like the most important issue right now, the underlying lessons about hard work, equality and honesty and integrity are very applicable to our society today.

I started with a simpler version of my final draft consisting of a drawing of Yale University only thinking about money. After some peer feedback I knew my cartoon needed more context and detail. Therefore I decided to depict the idea of two students, one with the “ideal” application and one with lots of money and a famous family. I used irony in my cartoon in the sense that although the student was essentially “the perfect candidate” for Yale, they would not be accepted, because they were not bribing their way into the school.

In coming up with ideas and drawing an editorial cartoon, I learned a lot about making a simple concept go deeper than when you first see the cartoon. Additionally, I am not the best artist, but using the techniques and finding a story most people at least know about meant I was able to reach a broad audience. Furthermore, I learned a lot about how to condense a whole story into one easy to understand drawing.