Through hard work, he eventually managed to become a student of the first rank.

通过努力，最终他成功成为了最优秀的学生。

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Through her hard work, she passed the exams and was named "a star student" during the first period of her college life.

通过她的努力，她通过了考试，并在她的大学生活的第一阶段被评为“明星学生”。

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He was a poor student, barely scraping through his final year.

他是个差生，仅勉强修完最后一年。

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If a teacher is dealing with a student through social media and it's within the bounds of the teacher-student relationship, and it's related to school and all that, I have no comment on that.

WSJ: City Lays Out Digital Rules for Teachers

Could one become a T-student through Web chat?

NEWYORKER: Get Rich U.

As a person who lives in New York City and as a a medical student who rotates through some of New York's inner city hospitals that serve the poor and many homeless, I have a unique perspective on the issue being debated.

BBC: Should it be a crime to be homeless?