Siblings top their school's graduating class. Now, they're both heading to Harvard

Siblings top their school's graduating class. Now, they're both heading to Harvard
SUCCESS TO THEIR PARENTS AT EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL, OUT OF 488 GRADUATING SENIORS, THE FIRST AND SECOND STUDENTS IN THE CLASS ARE BROTHER AND SISTER. I’M THE VALEDICTORIAN AND I’M SALUTATORIAN. WERE YOU COMPETITIVE OR DID YOU HELP EACH OTHER OUT? YEAH, I FEEL LIKE WE WERE MORE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT BECAUSE OUR PARENTS TOLD US, LIKE LIKE THE TITLE DOESN’T MATTER. LIKE, IF IT COMES TO OUR FAMILY, LIKE, WHOEVER GETS IT, GETS IT. OUR DAD, UM, HE EMPHASIZES ON THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD, INSTEAD OF BEING COMPETITIVE AGAINST EACH OTHER, WE SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE HIS SUCCESSES ARE MY SUCCESSES. VISHAL AND SIMRAN TAMANG GREW UP IN NEPAL. THEIR PARENTS CAME TO AMERICA FIRST, LEAVING THE SIBLINGS WITH FAMILY WHEN THEY WERE FIVE AND SIX UNTIL THEY COULD RETURN AND BRING THEM TO THE U.S FOUR YEARS LATER. WHEN THEY FIRST CAME HERE, THEY WERE MY MOM WAS A CASHIER OR BARISTA AT THE DUNKIN DONUTS. UM, AND THEN MY DAD WAS A DELIVERYMAN FOR LIKE A LOCAL RESTAURANT. SO THEY WORK LIKE COUNTLESS HOURS AND LIKE, SACRIFICE THEIR SLEEP JUST TO, LIKE, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE SO THAT WE’RE ABLE TO GET WHAT WE WANT. SO I’M VERY THANKFUL FOR THEM. SIMRAN’S FATHER ENTERED HER IN THE SAME GRADE AS HER BROTHER, AND THEY APPLIED THEIR PARENTS WORK ETHIC TO THEIR ACADEMICS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO BE LIKE RESILIENT AND PERSISTENT FOR FOR OUR EDUCATION. REPORTER THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE, THE TWO ARE HEADED TO HARVARD IN THE FALL FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND LIKE, UM, UH, MAYBE LIKE A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER OR MY CAREER. I’M MAJORING IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND HOPEFULLY I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ATTEND MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THEN BECOME A DOCTOR. NO DOUBT THEY ARE BOUND FOR MORE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE THANKS TO EACH OTHER. AND IF I NEED ANYTHING, I’M GOING TO GO TO HIM LIKE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE AND THEIR PARENTS. IT’S THE REASON THAT WE’RE HERE. EVERETT’S GRADUATION IS TOMORROW MORNING. NICOLE AND SIMRAN WILL BOTH GIVE SPEECHES TO THEIR GRADUATING CLASS IN EVERETT JENNIFE
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Siblings top their school's graduating class. Now, they're both heading to Harvard
The class of 2024 at Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts, graduated with a unique twist: the top two students in the class of 488 seniors are siblings."I’m valedictorian," said Nischal Tamang."And I’m salutatorian," said Simran Tamang. The siblings grew up in Nepal, where they stayed with family after their parents came ahead to the United States. The family reunited after four years. "When they first came here my mom was a cashier at a Dunkin' Donuts and my dad was a delivery man for a local restaurant," recalled Simran.Nischal added, "They worked countless hours and sacrificed their sleep just to make sure we are financially stable so we can get what we want. I’m very thankful for them."When the siblings arrived in the U.S., their father placed Simran in the same grade as her brother, and they applied their parents' work ethic to their academics."Our dad emphasizes the fact that we should instead of being competitive against each other we should be supportive because his successes are my successes," Simran said. "I feel like we were more helping each other out," said Nischal. "Our parents told us the title doesn’t matter. If it comes to our family whoever gets it gets it."When the siblings begin at Harvard in the fall, they will become the first members of their family to attend college. "Computer science and maybe a computer programmer for my career," Nischal said. "I’m majoring in biomedical engineering and hopefully I have the privilege of attending medical school and can become a doctor," said Simran. As valedictorian and salutatorian, both of the siblings will address their classmates during the graduation ceremony on Saturday morning. Everett, Massachusetts, is around 6 miles outside of Boston.

The class of 2024 at Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts, graduated with a unique twist: the top two students in the class of 488 seniors are siblings.

"I’m valedictorian," said Nischal Tamang.

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"And I’m salutatorian," said Simran Tamang.

The siblings grew up in Nepal, where they stayed with family after their parents came ahead to the United States. The family reunited after four years.

"When they first came here my mom was a cashier at a Dunkin' Donuts and my dad was a delivery man for a local restaurant," recalled Simran.

Nischal added, "They worked countless hours and sacrificed their sleep just to make sure we are financially stable so we can get what we want. I’m very thankful for them."

When the siblings arrived in the U.S., their father placed Simran in the same grade as her brother, and they applied their parents' work ethic to their academics.

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Nischal and Simran Tamang

"Our dad emphasizes the fact that we should instead of being competitive against each other we should be supportive because his successes are my successes," Simran said.

"I feel like we were more helping each other out," said Nischal. "Our parents told us the title doesn’t matter. If it comes to our family whoever gets it gets it."

When the siblings begin at Harvard in the fall, they will become the first members of their family to attend college.

"Computer science and maybe a computer programmer for my career," Nischal said.

"I’m majoring in biomedical engineering and hopefully I have the privilege of attending medical school and can become a doctor," said Simran.

As valedictorian and salutatorian, both of the siblings will address their classmates during the graduation ceremony on Saturday morning.

Everett, Massachusetts, is around 6 miles outside of Boston.

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