Conning Harvard: Adam Wheeler, The Con Artist Who Faked His Way Into The Ivy League
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0762780029 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Abby said Best book on the Wheeler case. This is a fascinating book about all the details of the Adam Wheeler case. It covers Adam's time at college before transferring fraudulently into Harvard. It also covers his time at Harvard in great detail. The author did a great job finding out the specifics of his various scams and adventures. The only thing lackin. Not so SmaHt TrailDog Wow. Great read. I clearly remember my senior year in high school and the pressure and headache involved in applying to ivy or sub-ivy league schools on the East Coast. I went to a high-performing public school in Eastern Massachusetts, and a fair number of my close friends went to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Columbia, MIT. Duping The Ivy League An acceptance into Harvard is a dream scholastic achievement. Naturally, it isn't easy to do. Students who bother to apply because they think their records show that they have a chance at acceptance are probably pretty bright to begin with, but even so, in 2016 there were 30,000 applications, of which 5.6% were accep
She interviewed dozens of friends and teachers who knew Wheeler throughout his suspect academic career and dug through records to expose even more instances of deception. While countless students dreaming of an Ivy League education compete honestly, Wheeler resorted to faking SAT scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation. 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.As a reporter for The Harvard Crimson, Julie Zauzmer covered the case from the moment the news of Wheeler’s indictment broke. He applied for nomination to the illustrious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships, and that gamble finally exposed his academic fraud. But then he shot too far. Alerted that he was under suspicion, Wheeler fled Harvard but did not stop trying to scam universities. This fascinating account reveals how one plagiarist took on the Ivy League—and almost won.. Adam Wheeler’s plan was as audacious as it was illegal: He gained admission to Harvard through fraud. And after he enrolled at Harvard, Wheeler plagiarized his classwork and bilked the university out of thousands of dollars in prizes and grants
Technology breeds crime and makes replicating documents and falsifying paper child’s play. For those who are naive, a must read.". This, added with the fact that we live in an extremely unethical society that doesn’t teach ethics at home and doesn’t teach ethics at school because the teacher would be accused of teaching morality, has brought us today to a country full of Adam Wheelers. ''Conning Harvard proves that what I did over 40 years ago is 4,000 times easier to do today due to technology