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...Money,” three Harvard students—Kevin E. Meyers ’02, Alex F. Rubalcava ’02 and Shaun T. Takao ’04—will face off against Ben Stein, who attended Yale Law School and graduated as valedictorian. On the show, known for its antics and frequent sexual innuendos, contestants answer trivia questions delivered by host Ben Stein. After the first round, the contestant with the lowest number of points is eliminated and Stein steps in to replace him. In the final round, Stein goes head-to-head answering trivia...
...ultimately found her way to Osseo, Minn., where she thrived in every aspect of life. Her senior year, she was valedictorian, as well as the AP and Gatorade State Basketball Player of the Year. She led Osseo to a state title in her final season, highlighted by a 34-point performance on two sprained ankles in the championship game...
Kane, who claims he never really felt his life was in danger during his CIA years, says Harvard frightened him when he first arrived. Though valedictorian of his high school class, Kane, a scholarship winner from a public school in Rockland, a town of 8800 found himself unprepared for Harvard's academic rigor. "The breakdown was 50% of private school and 50% public school," Kane remembers. "But I found that the private school gradates were so far ahead of me that I realized I was going to have to work very hard in order to maintain my scholarship...
...until the age of 11. (As President, Arroyo says she will concentrate on the separatist problem that has plagued Mindanao for decades.) At 14, she moved into MalacaNang with her father. She was always a strong student, earning the top grades in her Catholic girls' high school. (She was valedictorian at graduation.) For two years she studied economics at Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University - at the same time as Bill Clinton, whom she knew - before returning to the Philippines. Her career goal was to be a teacher, a path she followed for a few years before marrying and deciding...
...They've published a novel, recorded a record, played in a symphony or are the best athlete in the country; there are those kids every year and Harvard with great vigor goes after them. But the other half is those murderously difficult judgments out of which valedictorian to accept. It's really hard to talk about who deserves to get in with a straight face," he says...