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Faking ADHD Gets You Into Harvard

A growing number of students are trying to be branded as hyperactive. The result? Better test scores, better schools, reports Heidi Mitchell.

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Steven decided to dupe his doctor when he returned from his elite boarding school exhausted by the intense competition there. He needed an edge to help him, he felt.

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