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First year removed from campus for ‘falsified’ application information
A Davenport College first year was escorted off of Old Campus on Friday after Yale rescinded her admission, citing misrepresentations on her application.
Olivia Cyrus & Jolynda Wang 5:36 am, Sep 22, 2025
Staff Reporter & Contributing Reporter
Yale rescinded the admission of a Davenport College first year after administrators concluded that she included falsehoods in her college application, according to a Yale College spokesperson.
The student was escorted out of Lanman-Wright Hall by a Yale Police Department officer and Davenport Head of College Anjelica Gonzalez on Friday afternoon, one of her suitemates told the News.
The Yale College spokesperson, Paul McKinley, wrote in statements to the News that the student “submitted falsified information” and “misrepresented themselves” in their application.
“Yale receives thousands of admissions applications each year and the process relies on the honesty of the applicants,” McKinley wrote.
He did not elaborate or respond to the News’ question about how the University discovered the misrepresentations more than a month after first years arrived on campus. The nature of the removed student’s misrepresentations were unknown.
Davenport Dean Adam Ployd called the student Katherina Lynn in an email to her remaining suitemates obtained by the News.
On move-in day last month, Lynn arrived unaccompanied with only one suitcase, according to Sara Bashker ’29, a suitemate who was present at the time.
“She seemed a bit quiet and reserved at the beginning,” Bashker said.
Lynn initially said she was from North Dakota. On the Yale Face Book, where Lynn remained listed on Sunday night, her address corresponds to that of a hotel in the small town of Tioga, N.D.
Bashker said that at different points during her time at Yale, Lynn also