CONNING HARVARD: ADAM WHEELER, THE CON ARTIST WHO FAKED HIS WAY INTO THE IVY LEAGUE
Book ID/图书代码： 05170012B56123
English Summary/英文概要： In a Massachusetts court last year, a 24-year-old man pled guilty to falsifying his application to Harvard, thereby bilking the world’s most prestigious university out of more than $45,000 in prizes and scholarships and cheating an honest applicant out of an Ivy League diploma. Using forged SAT scores, transcripts, and letters of recommendation, Wheeler outsmarted Harvard’s admissions office. Once accepted to Harvard, he kept lying, cheating, and succeeding, winning thousands of dollars in prizes and grants. But then he shot too far. During his senior year at Harvard, Wheeler applied for nomination to the illustrious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships, a gamble that finally exposed his extensive tangle of lies. Alerted that he was under suspicion, Wheeler fled Harvard but did not stop scamming universities. He successfully filed more fraudulent applications at top-tier schools across the country, until some vigilant admissions officers, Massachusetts police, and even his own parents forced him off his computer and into court. As reporters for The Harvard Crimson, Julie Zauzmer and Xi Yu covered the case from the moment the news of Wheeler’s indictment broke. In the course of their reporting, they interviewed dozens of friends, roommates, teachers, and advisors who knew Wheeler at the many phases of his suspect academic career. Their fascinating account reveals how one serial scammer took on the fast-paced and competitive world of the Ivy League—and almost won.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 去年在麻塞諸塞州法院，一名年僅24歲男子，因多次篡改哈佛大學獎學金申請材料而受審，這位著名的騙子高手竟然從享譽世界的著名大學那裡騙取了超過4.5元的獎項金並把自己偽裝成為一位可信的常春藤聯盟的文憑申請人。惠勒使用偽造的考試分數、成績單和推薦信，輕鬆地拿下了哈佛大學招生辦公室。雖然他被哈佛大學入取，但他卻一直在繼續行騙，並在隨後獲得了數千元的獎學金和補助金。不過因為他陷得太深而遭致其後東窗事發。在哈佛大學大四的那段期間，惠勒還申請到了著名的羅茲和富布賴特獎學金， 一場豪賭終於在一連串的謊言下被暴露。他的學術成績和文憑受到了質疑，惠勒逃離了哈佛大學，但並沒有停下行騙大學的腳步。他成功地在全國各地的頂級學校騙到了獎學金，直到遇到了一些警惕的招生人員，麻塞諸塞州員警，甚至是他的父母不得已強迫他離開電腦桌，去法院接受審訊。作為哈佛大學的記者，Julie Zauzmer 和Xi Yu詳述了從惠勒的起訴書的最新時訊。在他們的這份報導中，他們採訪了數十名惠勒的朋友，室友，老師，以及曾對惠勒在可疑的學術生涯有過疑問的指導教授。他們的這部精彩的故事揭示了一個行騙高手是如何成功快速地玩弄了充滿競爭的常青藤聯盟的世界。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：事情是這樣的，亞當•惠勒在哈佛大學上學期間申請了美國著名國家級獎學金——羅斯獎學金，而當年前總統克林頓也曾是該獎的獲得者。2009年，哈佛一位負責審核羅斯獎學金申請者資料的教師發現，四年級的學生亞當•惠勒的申請材料太過於完美，於是起了疑心。亞當•惠勒的成績單異常出色，成績全是A，還出過幾本書，舉辦過幾場講座。於是這名教授查閱亞當•惠勒的作品時發現和另一名哈佛教授的很相近，後來發現，亞當•惠勒的材料全是抄襲來的。
哈佛由此開始追查兩年前亞當•惠勒申請哈佛的申請材料，亞當•惠勒於2007年轉學到哈佛，申請材料上他自稱在美國麻省理工學院上學，高中畢業于安多福，但調查結果顯示，他其實是在緬因州一所公立高中上的學，2005-2007年在緬因州的鮑登學院(Bowdoin College)上大學，後來因“學術不誠實”遭校方開除。另外其在申請哈佛大學時造假了SAT(學術水準測驗考試)滿分，這是美國高中生進入美國大學的標準入學考試，該考試成績被美國3600余所大學接受和認可，同時也被加拿大所有大學接受認可。他還造假了全A的成績單以及推薦材料。
". . . the bizarre nature of the case is hook enough."
--Publishers Weekly
About the Author/作者介绍： Julie Zauzmer 和Xi Yu是哈佛的大三學生，他們在2010年開始，為哈佛大學報撰寫了惠勒故事。他們除了對寫作有愛好外，Julie還曾是一位專業的小丑，Xi Yu喜歡拍攝、製作和編輯視頻。Julie Zauzmer and Xi Yu are Harvard University juniors who began covering the Wheeler story for The Harvard Crimson in 2010. Aside from their writing pursuits, Julie works as a professional clown, and Xi enjoys filming, producing, and editing videos.
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