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Student Misleads With Story of Poverty and Abuse and Wins Rhodes Scholarship — Now, the Media Is Defending Her

“Every objective and careful reviewer of the facts in this case … concluded that Fierceton had not been truthful,” said the University of Pennsylvania’s lawyers.

by Ellie Gardey

January 12, 2022, 12:34 PM

Mackenzie Fierceton began her application essay to the University of Pennsylvania by setting a bleak scene for the admissions officers. She is lying in a hospital bed with a feeding tube inserted in h...

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Student Misleads With Story of Poverty and Abuse and Wins Rhodes Scholarship — Now, the Media Is Defending Her “Every objective and careful reviewer of the facts in this case … concluded that Fierceton had not been truthful,” said the University of Pennsylvania’s lawyers.

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Student Misleads With Story of Poverty and Abuse and Wins Rhodes Scholarship — Now, the Media Is Defending Her

“Every objective and careful reviewer of the facts in this case … concluded that Fierceton had not been truthful,” said the University of Pennsylvania’s lawyers.