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[becomingkate]

 So, my faithful reader geminiwench will find this funny because I replied to one of her entries about how I went to see my English professor about a paper and she (my professor) called me an overachiever.

Today I got a letter in the mail from the community college I went to. I am a candidate for Valedictorian.

I don't have a 4.0, but I guess I was close enough to be in the running, or maybe nobody has a 4.0, or they take a certain top percentage of graduates and they're all candidates. I don't know.

I'm just baffled because I don't feel like I deserve this. 

I just feel like my effort and my results don't line up. I think that a younger student who stays in and studies and declines parties so they can study deserves this more. On the other hand, the committee can totally make this call themselves. I'm thinking I'll regret it if I don't apply. I just feel like a tradtional student could take advantage of the honor more than I could.

Not to mention my cover is going to be blown if I make it to the interviews and they find out I'm not verbally eloquent...but I could probably write a good speech and deliver it, which is the sad part.