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Thousands of miles away, in Dedham,Massachusetts, Lauren E. Brandt '01, reportssimilar experiences at Ursuline Academy, where shegraduated valedictorian of her class...
Upon arrival, students--who may or may not have anticipated the reality--are forced to cope on their own with the effects of Valedictorian Syndrome, the sense each Harvard student has by the end of high school that he or she has mastered some subject area or skill. Problems arise when these talented individuals convene and butt heads without the proper head gear in contests of one-upmanship. It's dirty subtle fighting, and the administration permits this same scenario to play itself out each fall. That's where first-year drinking comes...
...smart kids facing personal problems, a more self-assured Monica began to emerge. She got involved in drama, the choral group and art. Still dealing with a weight problem, she didn't have a boyfriend. But it was a more fulfilling time. In her senior year, Lewinsky made valedictorian in a class of seven. In the school yearbook Monica's senior year, a classmate calls Lewinsky her "guardian angel." Lewinsky's page included dedications to her parents, her brother and her friends and a paean to her favorite soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The page is also dotted with...
...part, Le immigrated empty-handed from Vietnam in 1991 and yet managed to become valedictorian of her Portland, Maine, high school. But her limited grasp of English made the SATs a horror: she scored 400 on the verbal portion (800 is perfect). At Bates she has a 3.6 GPA and interns at a hospital. "The fact that I've done well here shows that SAT scores don't affect how well a person can do," she says...
...years, the first thing I did when TIME came in the mail was to look at what Martha had to say. We went through the Cambridge, Mass., public school system together. Martha was the most interesting and intelligent person in our class of 1953. She was the high school valedictorian. We were very proud of her! I am going to miss you, Martha. DOROTHY GRIMES HARRIGAN Medford, Mass...