Milwaukee Public School (Rufus King) Rhodes Scholar

Sharif Durhams:

Eva Z. Lam, a graduate of Milwaukee's Rufus King High School, notes that Harvard University is a distinguished place. There are a lot of serious-minded, busy students with weighty thoughts.

Here's how Lam handles it: She procrastinates, since she works best under a deadline, she said. And she knows how to laugh at herself.

"If you can take your work seriously and not take yourself seriously, I think that's the way I've tried to strike a balance," Lam said.

Posted by jimz at November 24, 2009 7:48 AM
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