41 CommentsWhile an official announcement hasn’t been made yet, multiple tipsters have confirmed to us the lucky pair:
Valedictorian: Margot Lazow
Salutatorian: Elizabeth Lyon
Margot is a Biochemistry major and the president of the CU American Medical Students Association; she’ll tell you all about applying to med school the right way. Elizabeth is a Classics major at Columbia but also a member of Juilliard ’11; a brief Googling reveals that you’ll be wowed by her skills on the cello.
Congrats to the both of you!
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@Anonymous Margot is amazing–extremely smart, warm, and nevertheless modest. Congrats, Margot!
@Anonymous While I think it’s a shame that neither lady was selected early into PBK, this was NOT because their GPAs were too low. To be considered for val/sal, you must have one of the highest GPAs in Columbia College, plus show \strength, breadth, depth, and rigor of…academic achievements as well as on evidence of…intellectual promise, character, and achievement outside the classroom\. I know Margot has one of the highest GPAs in the college (she was told by one of the committee members that she has the 2nd highest GPA) and I’m sure Lizzy does as well. Plus, both are being inducted into PBK on Class Day. I don’t think there’s enough info online about how any of these honors are chosen, but I just wanted to emphasize that both ladies are very deserving!
@Anonymous NERD ALERT> READ: NERD ALERT>
OMG they were not early inducted into PBK?
WTF you silly gooses, you just hatin cuz they beat you hands down.
And one of them is good at something that is NOT science!
Please, show some respect.
@Anonymous congrats to……..yea no one has ever seen these people ever before
oh, and bwog, how about not deleting comments next time
@Anonymous I lived with one and had several classes with the other, and they’re both not only amazingly smart but also two of the nicest people I have met at this school
@Pshaw. This is so high school.
@cc'11 Congrats Margot! SO well deserved!
@wow a salutatorian AND a member of julliard 11?? how is that possible??? maybe that’s why she’s only #2….
@Margot's Friend Margot is going to Vanderbilt!
Congrats Margot on all your accomplishments!
@Curious Where’s Margot going to med school?
@Anonymous Margot is so genuine and so nice – she truly deserves to be valedictorian and I’m sure she’ll be an amazing doctor! I really can’t stress enough how modest she is!
@Anonymous where can you see your class rank?
@Anonymous ugh, I don’t WANT to know my class rank. It won’t be pretty, whatever it is.
@Also I think Margot’s the first valedictorian in like 10 years who isn’t going on to get a Ph.D. Glad to see that they’re recognizing talented people who chose other paths.
@Anonymous Margot, beyond your academic accomplishments, you are a genuinely nice and altogether superb person. This is well-deserved — congrats!
@anonymous NEITHER OF YOU HAS FRIEnDS
@sup how’s the weather under your bridge?
@wow someone’s all jelly
@JJ12 Congrats Margot! You so completely deserve this honor!
@private schools are both of these private school kids?
@Obvious troll is obvious. We’re all at a private school now.
@Anonymous no, margot is from public school
@OF COUUURSEE why am i not surprised margot’s killing it? this girl is such a HERO
@AMSA board so humble and so sweet! You deserve it, Margot!
@you go girls. taking over the world.
@aw sad it’s not sam frank, congrats anyway!
@daaaang Lizzy You own at both Juilliard and Columbia! Go BCJ!!!
@Anonymous Congrats to the both of them!
@What's the name of the smartest person in an entire rural farming community?
The valley-dictorian!
@Hmm. Since when are rural farming communities all in valleys?
@Anonymous yeah, neither were inducted early into PBK, which is supposedly comprised of the top 2% of CC. this is slightly confusing — what criteria are involved in this selection and how do they differ from early PBK?
@Early Inductees Are not the top 2%. They just make up 2% of the total number of inductees. Also you have to be nominated by a professor who is also a member of PBK in order to be considered.
@Anonymous Sorry, but that’s wrong. Have a look at the Columbia College website (–> faculty –> directors of undergraduate studies –> honors, awards, and prizes). Or check the list of previous valedictorians and salutatorians, all of whom were early PBK. This a bit fishy — maybe playing the ‘cello well gives you a boost?
@CC '11 Elizabeth was in my CC class! Congratulations!
@JJ12 Congrats Margot!
@Wait . . . neither of these ladies were PBK. How does that work?
Irrelevant though, I guess, because they are both extremely deserving! Congrats!
@Hmm They’re both PBK I think, just not early inductees
@Right so technically not top 2%? I actually think this is kind of great, I just had no idea the two honors were as independent as they seem to be from pure GPA rank.
@Early Inductees Are not the top 2%. They just make up 2% of the total number of inductees.
@John Jay 12 Both valedictorians are from John Jay 12. JJ12 for life!
@Anonymous Whoo, chem department keepin’ up the trend!
Also, yay Lizzy! You’re awesome :)