A social media influencer known as the “Gatsby of Cambridge” for the parties she put on has let slip that she lied on her application and forged her academic record to get into the university.

Caroline Calloway, an American who gained an Instagram following thanks to her posts about her glamorous life at Cambridge University in 2014 and 2015, admitted to Vanity Fair: “I lied on my application. I forged my transcript when I got in.” A transcript is a record of academic achievements submitted by overseas students when applying.

She told the magazine she dropped out of New York University when she received the offer from Cambridge to study History of Art.

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