The college admissions scandal mom who falsely claimed her son was African-American and Hispanic to increase his chances of getting into a top college was sentenced to three weeks in prison on Wednesday.

Marjorie Klapper, 51, copped to paying $15,000 to fudge her son’s ACT exam score in May as part of the nationwide scandal.

She also agreed to portray him as a racial minority and a first-generation student on his applications — though both she and her husband graduated from college, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors had sought four months behind bars and a fine of $20,000 for Klapper, arguing that lying about her son’s race “increased the likelihood that her fraud would come at the expense of an actual minority candidate.”

“Ms. Klapper thereby not only corrupted the standardized testing system, but also specifically victimized the real minority applicants already fighting for admission to elite schools,” US Attorney Andrew E. Lelling said in a statement.

In addition to jail time, she was ordered to pay a $9,500 fine and complete 250 hours of community service.

Klapper’s lawyers said crooked college prep adviser William “Rick” Singer passed off the boy as a racial minority without his mom’s knowledge.



They said she pursued the scheme because she wanted her learning-disabled son to feel like a “regular” student.

“Mrs. Klapper’s motives were maternal but her execution misguided and illegal,” her lawyers wrote.

The Menlo Park entrepreneur is the ninth parent to be sentenced in the “Operation Varsity Blues” case.

Seven others were dealt prison terms, ranging from 14 days to 5 months — including actress Felicity Huffman who reported to federal prison in California Tuesday to begin her two-week sentence.

A total of 15 parents have pleaded guilty while 19 are contesting the charges. Among them are “Fuller House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion-designer husband Mossimo Giannulli.

Trials are expected to begin in 2020.

With Post Wires