Woman steals another's identity, gets into Ivy League

Applying to College
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Reed led a busy few years as Henson. She used Henson's identity to apply to two Ivy League universities -- Harvard and Columbia -- and the high school dropout was admitted by both.

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<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/18/missing.con.artist/index.html?eref=rss_topstories%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/18/missing.con.artist/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My D told me about this on saturday (I thought it was an urban legend)and I was looking for a link for the story. thanks</p>

<p>It was a really grimmy thing to do. I wonder if the schools will press charges to recoup all of the financial aid or other monies she has been given.</p>

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<p>That story is really confusing. The article mentions she took the GED (which is for grad school). Under which name did the person go to undergrad?</p>

<p>By stealing her identity, did she use her high school grades too? Confusing...</p>

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<p>she took a GED- General equivalency diploma</p>

<p>For grad school, the test is the GRE (graduate record exam)</p>

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<p>Hahahahaha. Wow.</p>

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<p>She's a soviet spy. I'm calling it.</p>

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she took a GED- General equivalency diploma</p>

<p>For grad school, the test is the GRE (graduate record exam)

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<p>LoL, stupid me. Thanks for the clarification.</p>

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<p>Really bizarre story--it definitely sounds like something out of a Tom Clancy novel.</p>

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<p>It is ironic that a person with an assumed identity can get into Harvard which is supposed to be a reach school even for a person with a genuine identity and stellar credentials! There is something fishy there. I wonder if Harvard received a 'large donation' from the sponsoring country if she indeed was a spy.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out how somebody who failed out of highschool and then took the GED got admitted to Harvard and Columbia. She must be a hell of a good essay writer ;).</p>

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<p>she can be very smart but just not interested in the high school education. High school can be very boring and thus very difficult to attend for someone with a high IQ. </p>

<p>I left high school midway of junior year...i am at ucla now, and its not b/c i am a good essay writer. </p>

<p>The article even says she has a very high iq.</p>

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<p>Yeah and I still wonder like if she went to another school in between them, or what. I don't generally think of people putting their IQ scores on college apps, so.</p>

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<p>well that was why she stole the identity, to apply to take the GED and SAT and then applied to harvard and columbia.</p>

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<p>You know i was watching a tv show about a guy who applied to princeton under a false identity and was admitted....he got caught at a track meet because a girl from stanford where he previously attended recognized him...moral is - Psychopaths are deadly smart.</p>

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<p>I love this person. Good for them.</p>

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<p>I thought this story was pretty cool at first, but then I heard the whole spy aspect.
That's just stupid.</p>

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<p>ohh miss zanna: the police were the ones who suggested that she may be a spy, as per the cited article. Maybe that idea is a little far-fetched, but this girl really doesn't want to be found. Who keeps disappearing like that unless they've got something pretty serious to hide/hide from?</p>

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<p>inspiring....jk</p>

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<p>lol the ivies will let soviet spies in before they let perfect score asians in. Go figure.</p>

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<p>well it does make for one heck of an essay!</p>