Ebook: Conning Harvard: Adam Wheeler, the Con Artist Who Faked His Way into the Ivy League (Additional reporting)
Author: Yu Xi, Zauzmer Julie, Wheeler Adam B
- Tags: Wheeler Adam -- (Adam B.), Harvard University -- Students., Harvard University -- Funds and scholarships., Cheating (Education) -- United States., Swindlers and swindling -- United States., SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Lyons Press
- City: Guilford, Conn., United States
- Language: English
- azw3
Overview: Adam Wheeler's plan was as audacious as it was illegal: He gained admission to Harvard through fraud. While countless students dreaming of an Ivy League education compete honestly, Wheeler resorted to faking SAT scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation. And after he enrolled at Harvard, Wheeler plagiarized his classwork and bilked the university out of thousands of dollars in prizes and grants. But then he shot too far. He applied for nomination to the illustrious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships, and that gamble finally exposed his academic fraud. Alerted that he was under suspicion, Wheeler fled Harvard but did not stop trying to scam universities. He filed more phony applications to top-tier schools until vigilant college administrators and eventually the police forced him off his computer and into court, thereby bringing to light his astonishing tangle of lies.
Download the book Conning Harvard: Adam Wheeler, the Con Artist Who Faked His Way into the Ivy League (Additional reporting) for free or read online
Continue reading on any device:
Last viewed books
Related books
{related-news}
Comments (0)