Student lies his way into Harvard
Perhaps no college admissions scandal has received greater media attention than the case of Adam Wheeler. What did Adam do? Oh, not much…
...he just completely falsified his entire list of academic accomplishments, earned admission to Harvard along with nearly $50,000 in scholarship money, made it through more than 3 years there, and was only caught when he attempted to apply for both the Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships using similarly falsified information.
Among his many lies were that he attended the prestigious prep school Phillips Andover Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, achieved perfect SAT scores, was a published author, and spoke multiple languages. Adam Wheeler was arrested on 20 charges, including larceny, forgery, and identity fraud, in 2010.
