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...name Maya Turre sounded familiar--and then it hit: "Wow, that's my roommate...
Soon after Michele, Maya, Nancy H. Kim '00 and Alexis N. Todor '00 crammed into the third floor of Holworthy Middle, the Class of 2000 also started to recognize Maya's famous face. "I think like every fifth person I met, was like, 'Hey, are you that girl from the magazine?'" Maya says with a laugh...
During her senior year in high school, Maya didn't think much of the fact that a reporter was interviewing her every few months to take her pulse on the admissions search. And despite a photo shoot, "It didn't seem like that big of a deal, really," Maya recalls. "I sort of thought that it was going to be a small article in the back of the magazine...
When the story was published, her parents--both educators--made copies for friends and family, but the Turres were a little troubled by the implication that Maya's multi-ethnic background helped secure her admission. (Maya's mother is black and American Indian, and her father is Italian and Mexican...
...sure it was considered, but I felt that there were a lot of other reasons that I got in that were omitted," Maya says, pointing out that the reporter didn't mention her perfect score on the Math IIC subject test, or her 780 on the writing test. "I'm not saying it was purposely done. It was just sorta a little bit careless, I think...