Metro Atlanta high school seniors are turning their tassels this month, and the members of the class of 2018 are ready to embark on the next chapter of their lives.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will feature some of the region’s brighter students — class valedictorians — in the next weeks, and let them give us their parting words of advice. Some of the responses were edited for brevity.
Name: Janet Huang
School system: Fulton County Schools
School: Johns Creek High School
Extracurriculars: dance (ballet & Chinese folk dance), student leadership Johns Creek, science olympiad, national honor society, national Spanish honor society, beta club, Beethoven chamber orchestra concertmaster, church camp counselor, Conrad innovation challenge finalist, tutoring.
College: New York University Stern School of Business
Intended major: Finance
What is the best advice you got about succeeding?
I’m not too sure who advised me to do so, but I have always striven for success with the aim of achieving the best version of myself, not beating others.
What advice would you give to a freshman?
Explore various activities until you find your true interests and then honor your abilities in those interests, but also try to get involved in non-stereotypical things in order to differentiate yourself from those with similar demographics and qualifications.
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