Area Students Feel Heat Of Elite College Competition

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Sat, 04/11/2009 - 9:00pm

Straight-As, perfect SATs sometimes won't cut it The competition to get into highly selective colleges, which has reached a peak in the past two years as a baby boomlet grew up, is forcing students into a high-stress game that could one day affect the brightest of his generation. Anastasiya Latushko (left), Rebecca Suldan, Kevin Chow and Andrew Lutz work out a problem in Susan Adess' AP chemistry class at Pikesville High School.

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