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Though the carrels of Widener and the trails by the Charles keep Dell busy, she hasn’t forgotten her roots. Dell recalls how other former Dean’s-listers didn’t realize that SAT IIs would be necessary for admission to many selective colleges. So, she established College Matters, an organization to help high school students learn exactly what they need to apply to college. Dell’s motive “goes back to [her] background from being from rural Oklahoma...
...Melissa Dell is the paradigm of the athlete-scholar, well-rounded and academically outstanding—basically, what all Harvard students strive to be. She’s even humble about it. In the end, Dell says, “it comes down to what you’re really passionate about and what you believe.” It’d be trite coming from anyone else, but Dell somehow makes it sincere...
...other end of the table, Emma S. Mackinnon and Menendez turn out to have gone to camp together. Reka Cserny and Melissa L. Dell, both full from Winthrop’s festive meal, turn out to be blockmates. FM hangs its head. Mackinnon, who thought she might have been the “token activist” of the group, was relieved that she was not seated next to Trager—seating a notorious activist next to a notorious conservative would have been a little too sadistic, she thought. Red Stater Dell didn’t mind when Menendez...
Although people from her Oklahoma hometown ask her how can she stand liberal Massachusetts folks, Dell has nothing but praise for Harvardians...
...Dell and Mackinnon dig deep into the supply closet for their items. Dell compares herself to a paper teacup: it’s international, cheap, versatile and intense. MacKinnon’s roll of magic tape, she says, represents “making things stick...