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I was reading this, and it got me interested:
Valedictorians | In college, Boston valedictorians are often lost
Getting into college is just the first hurdle. Fitting in and thriving can prove even tougher.
apps.bostonglobe.com
Tavares had surpassed expectations. The teenager from a tight-knit Cape Verdean family had risen to become the 2005 valedictorian at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, one of the city’s three prestigious exam schools. She had a 4.76 GPA and was the pride of her family.
She had been laboring through the clinical portion of her psychology studies, which had intensified along with her duties in the dorm. She was also stressed out over some personal problems: Her boyfriend in Boston was in jail again.