Yale no stranger to application fraud
A transfer student, who allegedly forged his Yale application, is dismissed from the University, bypassing typical disciplinary proceedings. Then, he is arrested on charges of larceny and forgery.
It may sound like September 2007. But it could just as easily describe April 1995.
The arrest of a former Morse College junior for forgery and larceny last September — after the Yale College Dean’s Office discovered apparent fabrications in his application and rescinded his admission — is only the latest link in a chain of admissions-fraud cases at Yale, dating back at least to...
I got in by claiming that I wouldn't smoke myself retarded. Even got a 5,000 dollar Teetotaling Scholarship. Now I live in a shack and am addicted to meth.
But seriously, most of the student body has probably bent the truth once or twice in their lives. In fact, moral flexibility might possibly be essential to the Ivy League personality. It might even be expected by the powers that be. That's why both sides of the political spectrum are full of selfish cretins with Ivy League educations.
#2 And these cretins end up in corporate America and continue to steal from the general public until they are caught. They are Ken Lays of the world.
If someone is able to get in with a completely made-up persona, what about students who are borderline candidates, but who lie about a few things to get an edge (e.g., some guy with a perfect SAT but no extracurriculars who makes up a newspaper EIC, student council president?) It seems that this kind of fraud should be a larger concern than students turning in fake transcripts, etc.