The Overachievers: The Secret Lives Of Driven Kids

Throughout the book ¨The Overachievers:The Secret Lives of Driven Kids,¨ Alexandra Robbins develops the theme of competition between the students at Whitman High School and the students she individually observed. The Journalist Alexandra Robbins returns to Whitman, where she attended her high school years to follow a few of Whitman’s upperclassmen and journal about their experiences in high school towards achieving admissions to top elite colleges and universities.The students she follows around are Taylor, Julie, Audrey, AP Frank, Sam, Pete, Ryland, Stealth Overachiever student, and C.J., which were Juniors and Seniors at Whitman. As she observes these nine students at Whitman High School, she discovers that High School was an indirect battleground between students who competed against each other for better grades, top scores on standardized tests, and their admissions towards post secondary education in top elite colleges and universities. While the students at Whitman strive to achieve success they often do so through competition.
During her visit to Whitman, Alexandra made comparisons between her high school years and the high school years of the upperclassmen observed. She
She develops this theme by giving a synopsis of the lives of nine students at Whitman High School who are beginning their individual process of college admissions. She follows them around while she’s visiting her old high school and records the differences between her time in high school with the current students. She gives examples of how each student has been involved in competition with class grades, standardized test scores, and admission to top colleges and universities. Robbins demonstrated throughout the book that the students try to achieve success through competition to appeal to the top elite colleges and universities around the