Plano West valedictorian is HARVARD bound (news item)

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>Emigrating from China at the age of 10, Nancy arrived in the United States as a young student in Richardson ISD, ready to immerse herself in the English language and American culture…</p>

<p>Achieving a balance between the discipline/work ethic of the Chinese education system, and finding her unique individualism in America, Nancy describes herself as ambitious. “I believe in self-actualization; to be the best that we can be,” she explained. “I’ll never know the extent of my abilities, if I don’t push myself…It’s a lukewarm triumph to lapse into cynicism as a way to excuse yourself from trying…”</p>

<p>Harvard-bound, with her sights set on an economics degree, she is interested in advising governments in countries with emerging economies on fiscal policy. She pictures herself working on the team at the International Monetary Fund <a href=“http://www.imf.org/[/url]”>http://www.imf.org/&lt;/a&gt; or World Bank <a href=“404 Error - Page Not Found”>404 Error - Page Not Found;

<p>Little-Known Fact About Nancy:</p>

<p>“ I played the accordion when I was a little girl in China. It ’s probably a skill I will never use again.”</p>

<p><a href=“http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:NunNJHhg8hsJ:www.pisd.edu/news/archive/2004-05/valedictorians.shtml+“harvard+bound”+%2B+2005&hl=en[/url]”>http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:NunNJHhg8hsJ:www.pisd.edu/news/archive/2004-05/valedictorians.shtml+“harvard+bound”+%2B+2005&hl=en&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Plano is one of the highest ranked and most afluent districts in Texas.</p>

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<p>mmm hmm… I know many from there. Good for her.</p>

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<p>Byerly, the more articles you post like this, the more crazy I become to get into Harvard :D</p>

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<p>Yeah… cos I know if I get in my mother will have me in every damn paper in the state… haha</p>

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<p>When you get in, send me links to the local stories!</p>

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<p>Great! So…Harvard isn’t the best school out there</p>

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<p>See, that’s the goal. Harvard is the brand name proxy for elite college. So smalltown papers like to publish stories. So Byerly puts them up here. And then you guys want even more to go to Harvard. It’s ingenious, really. </p>

<p>BTW, I am a Princeton alumna, you can find my whole history all over this site, also the history of my D so let’s just take my comment here on face value and anyone who wants to research my biases, which I fully acknowledge, can do so.</p>

<p>It is still true that it is ingenious to post these small town paper announcements. The only comparable way I have to market Princeton is to insist everyone visits the campus…</p>

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<p>Nancy kinda looks like Cindy Kim from Harold and Kumar.</p>

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<p>The magic draw of a possible Harvard education even seduced the knowledgeable and sophisticated Alumother family and her only begotten daughter, kiddies, as she will no doubt acknowledge!</p>

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<p>Man, Harvard isn’t perfect for all people who get accepted. It may be a shock at how the school is not “the great school” a student expected it to be.</p>

<p>Harvard has its good points, but it definitely has its bad points.</p>

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<p>A higher percentage of Harvard matriculants stay on to graduate than at any other college or university in the United States of America. </p>

<p>I guess most of them have discovered a few “good points”.</p>

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<p>I hope I get the chance to see those “good points” too. :)</p>

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<p>Byerly, why don’t you apply to Harvard and go there…I think that would be the ideal situation for you.</p>

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<p>Do you think its a good school, sr6622? How about the sports? Those are important to me.</p>

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<p>Of course it is the amazing school to get in to. I just think you embellish sometimes that’s all…No offense intended</p>

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<p>Byerly: I’m already IN for SSP!! Even though SSP is less competitive to get into, who cares it’s still Harvard!!! :smiley:
I hope you are right about the “when I get in” part: (My ECs and APs rock but my sat IIs are only in upper 600s )</p>