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...Sometimes, the Dunster House salad bar is overwhelming simply because it has too many options. So when it came to picking a college, I was surprised by how easily I made my decision. I’m the first Moore to go to college; my parents had no Opal Mehta-esque plan for how I would get into Harvard (or get a life for that matter). And until senior year, I had no Ivy League ambitions and was set on the idea of going to a women’s college. But from the moment I stepped on campus during...
...That was in September of Viswanathan’s senior year, right before early action applications were due at Harvard. According to Cohen, it was around that time that Viswanathan and her new agent started working on the concept for "Opal Mehta" and shopping the proposal around to various publishing houses...
...Muchnick said she’d be working with Viswanathan again for her second book, and Cohen, for her part, still keeps in touch with the young author even though her days of needing college-application advice are long over. Cohen said she loved the early proof of "Opal Mehta" so much that she tore through it in a single...
...Opal Mehta ever seemed uncomfortable with alcohol and partying, Viswanathan seems like she’s got it pretty well under control: part of her Facebook “about me” reads “Wednesdays are the new Saturdays,” and one of her listed interests is “morning-after calls with Lauren...
...Well, at least until she writes her second book. And if it’s true what she’s been telling the papers about sticking with Opel Mehta as the protagonist, then Harvard’s in for quite a ride...