Non-student fools Stanford for two months

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<p>From the article: <a href="http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/24/imposterCaught%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/24/imposterCaught&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Azia Kim was like any other Stanford freshman. She graduated from one of California’s most competitive high schools last June, moved into the dorms during New Student Orientation, talked about upcoming tests and spent her free time with friends.</p>

<p>Azia Kim allegedly climbed through this first-floor window in Okada to sleep during spring quarter. The 18-year-old was evicted after her ruse was uncovered Monday night.</p>

<p>The only problem is that Azia Kim was never a Stanford student.</p>

<p>Kim, an 18-year-old from Orange County who graduated from Fullerton’s Troy High School, lived in Kimball throughout fall and winter quarter. She lived in Okada, the Asian-American theme dorm, until Monday night, when University staff finally caught onto her ruse.

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<p>EDIT: The title should say EIGHT months, not two</p>

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<p>A comment says that Azia was accepted. wth was she thinking?</p>

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<p>Perhaps her admission was revoked but she was ashamed to tell her parents? Who knows... People have been talking about this all day.</p>

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<p>She was, apparently, rescinded.</p>

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<p>This is even weirder...
<a href="http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/25/imposterIiFourYearsInVarianThe%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/5/25/imposterIiFourYearsInVarianThe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>She could have lasted a lot longer if she'd mastered the gentle art of "stuffing," i.e. subletting into a room she's not assigned to. When I was at Stanford, I knew a lot of people who did this. If she'd crashed at a co-op, I doubt anyone would have questioned her (as long as she did her cooking and cleaning chores.)</p>

<p>Of course, I'm not sure what the point is, since she wouldn't have ended up with a degree or transcript. However, I guess you could hang out at Stanford for a couple years until you know enough about campus culture to lie for the rest of your life about having gone there. Then you could apply for jobs and lie about having gone to Stanford. I imagine a lot of employers don't bother to check. If you have a common last name, it would be pretty hard to check. Probably there are 500 Stanford grads with the name "Kim." And if somebody can't find an "Azia Kim," they may assume that something was lost in the transliteration.</p>