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...those girls in the back of the class, her nose buried in a book (so you can't see her beauty) or daydreaming (so you can't read her mind). And then, in a flash: prom queen! Star of the school play! Valedictorian or vamp! Likely Oscar nominee for 21 Grams! Her vault from nowhere to notoriety reminds you that anonymity is an ideal perch for looking at others, and into oneself. Nothing succeeds like late success...
...Meredith Monroe)School: FAS Projected Year of Harvard Graduation: 2006 Capeside High Activities: Chairwoman of the Honor Council; assistant director of “Barefoot in the Park”; Yearbook staff (The Capeside Tricorn) Capeside High Honors: Class Valedictorian Quote: Overheard on a junior year visit to “Cambridge College”: “These students enjoy the distinction of attending America’s finest college. Founded in 1626 [sic], it was named after a British colonist who ended up donating his entire...
Chilton Honors: Class Valedictorian Harvard Memories: After being gung-ho Harvard since birth, Rory ultimately decides to stay closer to home and attend Yale. Putz!Rory’s mother on Yale: “Sweetie, have you ever been to New Haven? . . .Take a look at the coffee pot tomorrow before I clean it: that’s New Haven...
...would all like to forget the Blair Hornstine saga. In her precocious rise to infamy, from high school valedictorian and Harvard pre-frosh to local pariah and Harvard mistake, she brought out the worst in everyone. She incited her neighbors, who terrorized her with threats and harassment. She disgusted the news media, who caricatured her with stereotypes and gossip. She embarrassed hundreds of Harvard students, who petitioned to banish her before plagiarism gave them any real grounds. And she indulged the rest of us, who reveled in schadenfreude when she finally met her brutal fate...
...valedictorian of Winston Churchill High School, where she served as class president for three consecutive years...