There will be a lot of talk in your lives about excellence. You are excellent. There will be a lot of people who say things about you like ‘He thinks he’s special.’ Let me be clear to you right now: you are special. There will be professors here who will treat you with open contempt. These people do not want you here and they will not pretend otherwise. There will be other students that do the same. There’s also an aspect of this education that many of the other students here are getting outside of the classroom, in their homes, in their fraternities and clubs and teams that you will not be
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