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I wasn’t ranked first.
But after working with some of my “peers” I realized the TTT High I hailed from wasn’t that bad. They touted their HS like it’s Caltech and their academic achievement fell short. And they still say things like the top 40% are way better than the top 10% from some random public HS.
“but you’re not smart” said yours truly.
“but if I went to a public high school, I would be a top student” said one of the students
Then I rolled my eyes and condescended. =)</p>