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EPIC!!! SPELMAN TWINS MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST CO VALEDICTORIANS [VIDEO]
These two young ladies are AMAZING history makers and a true example of the outcome of discipline, hard work, and dedication. Read on….
ATLANTA – A pair of identical twins at Spelman College have achieved a first in the school’s 132-year history. Kirstie and Kristie Bronner, both music majors, have been named co-valedictorians for the class of 2013.
The sisters each graduate with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the highest grade point average out of more than 500 graduates.
The road to one of this country’s leading historically Black colleges was not a walk in the park for the girls; they worked hard to maintain their high grade point averages in high school. According to Kirstie who spoke with WSB-TV, “Before we came to college, we prayed that we would keep 4.0′s all the way through, but I don’t think we ever really expected it.”
But apparently there is strength in numbers, and as sisters who have traveled along the same path, sharing the same educational goals for success, the young women seemed to fuel each other, as evidenced by their noteworthy standing at Spelman, “You can have strength together,” Kristie points out.
When the young women arrived at the Atlanta college, they said they really pushed themselves to the limit to maintain excellent grades, even making themselves physically ill. Eventually, both Kirstie and Kristie learned from their mistakes, self-corrected, and managed their college workload in a way that would not negatively affect their health.
“We learned how to have a balance to life and then to be able to appreciate the journey of college and be more healthy and be more happy,” Kristie said.
The music majors, say that their collegiate experience taught them a valuable life lesson, “You don’t have to be the smartest. You don’t have to be the one who came in with the prior knowledge to be the one to succeed,” Kristie said. “It’s a great testimony and it’s also fun to be able to share it with one another. I don’t think we’d want it any other way.”
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