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While the social competitiveness McGrathdescribes may not be present in women's schools, acompetitive academic attitude remains. Studentswho attended all-women's schools before arrivingat Harvard say they appreciated the opportunity toexcel in academic fields, especially those oftendominated by male students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women From Single-Sex High Schools Adjust to Coed Colleges | 3/13/1998 | See Source »

...think it's just college life," said thestudent who lived close to Tadesse in theirfirst-year entryway. "It's the age at which we allhave family pressure, personal pressure, desire toexcel. Harvard just exacerbates the pressure...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Lofty Aspirations, Bitter Fate: Two Lives Cross | 5/30/1995 | See Source »

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