Craigslist Ad Offers $40,000 A Year To Attend Harvard In Place Of A 'Newly-Accepted Student'

Flickr/timsacktonA supposed newly accepted Harvard University student is offering someone $40,000 a year to impersonate them for four years at the Ivy League school, according to a Pittsburgh-area Craigslist ad.

We first read about this unlikely offer at The Atlantic. As the ad reads:

The selected impersonator would be a member of Harvard's Class of 2018. The university accepted close to 1,000 students for it's newest class last week, two days before the Craigslist ad was posted.

As the supposed student writes, "You must have either a 4.0 GPA in high school, or a 3.5 or higher GPA from a university to get hired for this."

While the ad is in all likelihood a fake, it is reminiscent of a Craigslist offer in October from a University of North Carolina student who was seeking a body double to sit in on her classes while she traveled. The poster later claimed in an email to Business Insider that the Craigslist ad was a joke.

Here's a screenshot of the full ad, via Craigslist:

Screenshot Via Criagslist