Word: ocon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the time came for her to apply to colleges as a senior at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Ocon seriously considered only Ivy League institutions...
...pretty arrogant," Ocon says. "My back-up schools were Duke and Notre Dame...
...Ocon also applied to and was accepted by three of the nation's military academies. But when her eyesight deteriorated and Ocon learned she would never be able to fly fighter jets, she came to Harvard expecting to concentrate in government and prepared to make the most of what she felt would be the experience of a life-time...
...just say I was a little overstimulated as a freshman," Ocon says. "I had to know everyone in my class. I spent more time on extracurriculars than my school-work...
...Ocon's enthusiasm continued well into her sophomore year. She was playing rugby, was excited about her social studies tutorial and was adjusting to life in Eliot House. But around the middle of October Ocon found herself missing classes, too tired to pull herself...