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...junior at the University of Virginia, took a biology course that met just twice a week and offered no labs, but he crammed so successfully for the AP exam that he earned a 5 (tops on AP's 5-point scale). That score allowed the high school valedictorian to skip introductory biology at the university, but he found himself woefully unprepared for an upper-level course. "Pretty much as soon as I got in, I realized that there was no way I'd survive," says Rosenbaum. He withdrew from the course and wrote an essay for the college paper urging...
Student Heru Setepenra Heq-m-Ta, who graduated as valedictorian from Roxbury Community College, stressed the importance of ensuring adequate representation, no matter the outcome of November’s presidential election...
...loaded line, given that in addition to a stellar 15 years at Bradley Hills, Andrews has accumulated extrapastoral kudos like a valedictorian stocking up club presidencies for her Harvard application: for her, it has never been enough merely to run a church. A partial list of her achievements includes moderator of two different presbyteries (the equivalent of dioceses); trustee at the denomination's McCormick Theological Seminary; and winner of the journal Lectionary Homiletics' Preacher of the Year award for 2000. But the jewel in Andrews' extrapastoral crown came 11 months ago, when she was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church...
Harvard rescinds its offer of admission to Blair Hornstine. Hornstine gained national media attention after she sued her high school to become its sole valedictorian. She later was caught plagiarizing articles she wrote for a local newspaper...
...graduate of Columbia College and Yale Law School (where he was class valedictorian), Stein is an accomplished scholar of economics, politics and law. He co-founded the Journal of Law and Social Policy during his time in New Haven and has taught mass culture at American University and the University of California at Santa Cruz. Currently, he teaches on libel and ethics at Pepperdine University, where he has worked since...