Sherry Guo Bio, Wiki

Sherry Guo is a 21-year-old former Yale student whose parents are accused of paying $1.2 million to secure her acceptance to the Ivy League University. Guo, who until now was only known as “Yale Applicant 1,” is no longer a student at Yale as of March. Guo is from China. She moved to the U.S. as a teenager and attended high school in California. While at Yale, she worked at the Yale Layer, an undergraduate publication; her information has since been scrubbed.

Sherry Guo Age

She is currently 21 years old.

Sherry Guo Nationality

Chinese

American

Sherry Guo Education

Guo attended JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, California. She was an older student, which is why she was a 21-year-old college freshman in 2019 at Yale University. It’s not clear if her family moved with her to California, or if she had alternative living conditions during high school.

Sherry Guo “Yale Applicant 1” In College Admissions Scandal

On March 25th, Yale released a statement confirming that “Yale Applicant 1” was no longer a student at the university. On Friday, April 26th, The Wall Street Journal revealed Guo’s identity.

To The Wall Street Journal, Guo’s lawyer, James Spertus, defended Guo’s innocence, saying that Guo only learned English five years ago, and only moved to the United States as a teenager; Spertus says Guo was “so unfamiliar with how people apply to schools in the U.S. … [that] Rick Singer’s instructions to her didn’t seem as out of place as they would to a student who grew up in the United States and has more of an expectation of free choice.”

Though Guo’s family has not been charged, prosecutors have maintained that the investigation is ongoing. However, Spertus said to the publication, “I just don’t think the question of guilt is clear-cut in Sherry’s case, at all.”

Guo was apparently accepted to Yale under the guise of being a recruit for the Yale soccer team. According to The New York Post, William Singer, the ringleader of the scandal, submitted a falsified athletic profile on her behalf, which painted Guo as the co-captain of her soccer team in Southern California.

The Wall Street Journal reports that an employee of a financial advisor in Los Angeles was the one who made the connection between William Singer and Guo’s father, whose name has not been released to the public. The day after this interaction, the publication reports, Singer sent Yale Soccer coach Rudy Meredith Guo’s alleged soccer resume, personal statement, and art portfolio.

As a part of the court filings, an email from Singer to Laura Janke, a former assistant women’s soccer coach at the University of Southern California sent on behalf of Guo on Nov. 1oth 2017, reads, “Could you please create a soccer profile asap for this girl who will be a midfielder and attending Yale so she has to be very good. Needs to play Academy and no high school soccer…awards and honors — more info to come — need a soccer pic probably Asian girl.”

Sherry Guo Designated Official Recruit (Rudy Meredith)

Rudy Meredith was designated as Guo’s official recruit, according to the court filings, even though he had full knowledge that she was not a soccer player. Following this, Meredith was given a check for $400,000. Singer presumably received the rest of the $1.2 million Guo’s family paid for her apparent admittance.

Meredith has since pleaded guilty to the charges against him, including charges related to racketeering conspiracy.

Sherry Guo Family Charges

Guo’s family has not been charged with any crime, however, in March 2019, Yale University confirmed that Guo was no longer a student there. Guo was a freshman at the time that the scandal broke. It’s unclear if she has transferred to another university or not.

Another Chinese Family Alleged to have paid $6.5 Million in the College Admissions Scandal

At the same time that Guo’s name went public, another bombshell piece of information was released from the same Wall Street Journal report: the largest “bribe” uncovered within the college admissions scandal came from another Chinese family, who allegedly paid $6.5 million for their child to attend an unidentified school.

Sherry Guo Social Media

All of Guo’s social media accounts, as well as her LinkedIn account, have been scrubbed.