Most élite law schools, to cite another example, follow a best-students model.
There isn't a universally best student.
The 15-year old, who finished as a second best student in her class this year, was repeatedly approached by older boys who asked her mother for her hand in marriage.
Dutt Vinjamoori, a research chemist for Monsanto, cast Mr. Gore as an annoying best student in the class who would lecture the country for the next four years.
He had not been the best student – "a bit of a brawler, easily led, but popular", according to his mother – but had decent basic qualifications and was a keen sportsman.
After rave reviews from attendees, the organizers won a campus award for best student group.
Latest brainstorm: a plan to offer a $50,000 prize for the best student business plan that can be implemented locally.
(He "played like an angel," reported his best student, Princess Marcelina Czartoryska).
Having spent your first year getting into the swing of your course, finding your way around the city, and finally getting an understanding of the best student nights, you can return bold and confident, knowing there will be no surprises this year.
Plan A is to be the best student in the European class, at which is excels.
Muharram's mother had taught religion classes, and she had chosen Maisara, her best student, as a wife for her dutiful eldest son.
