Article: Yale Student Is Accused of Lying on Application - New York Times

To Yale admissions officials, Akash Maharaj was an appealing prospect: He had earned straight A's at Columbia University. Now he wanted to transfer. Yale not only admitted him; it gave him a $32,000 scholarshipas well. Since then, however, much of his application information has turned out to be false, Yale said, and he is facing charges in Connecticut of larceny and forgery. According to an affidavit from Yale, although he attended Columbia, the straight A's were bogus, as was a Columbia recommendation and even one Columbia transcript. And before Columbia, he had attended New York University. The tale of Mr. Maharaj, who was dismissed by Yale last year when officials discovered his ...

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