He was a good student, but he wasn't at the top of his class.
In 1975, he graduated near the top of his class from Venezuela's military academy.
He grew up in Jodhpur, in the desert state of Rajasthan, where both his parents were college professors, and was at the top of his class in high school.
Viktor had graduated top of his class in culinary school and worked in Praga, the most prestigious Soviet restaurant of its day, alongside octogenarian chefs who had once cooked for the Tsar.
For example, if an entrepreneur graduated at the top of his class from Harvard, Stanford, MIT, or Caltech, with a host of awards and achievements, it would carry weight with a potential investor.
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In 2004, Monsoor graduated from the basic SEAL training course as one of the top members of his class.
Mr Romney was the archetype of this new breed: he graduated in the top 5% of his class at the Harvard Business School.
Later, after graduating from Harvard Business School in the top 5% of his class in 1961, he went into the family business.
Meanwhile, university officials in California voted earlier this month to overhaul their current admissions system, which guarantees a student a place at a UC campus if he ranks in the top 4% of his high-school class or in the top 12.5% of the graduating class statewide.
Guan is also aiming to qualify for the U.S. Open in July, but insists his success on the course has not hampered his studies -- in fact, he's one of the top pupils in his class.
Awzaan, trained by Mark Johnston, was unbeaten in four starts over six furlongs last term, including his defeat of top-class Norfolk Stakes winner Radiohead at Newmarket on his final outing.
Mr. Joiner says that he hadn't set aside money for Akaysha's education and was surprised she hadn't been offered more aid because of her top class ranking, the fact that he and his wife are alumni and that she is the child of a black parent and a Hispanic parent.
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He is, by common consent, a top-class dealmaker (the sale of his own firm aside).
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With British and Irish Lion Stephen Jones also vying for the number 10 shirt, Wales coach Warren Gatland has the luxury of two top-class fly-halves in his squad.
His performance lifts the movie to the top of the rueful-retrospection class.
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