Louise is a mechanical engineering major. Most mechanical majors are male. There are only a handful female mechanical engineering majors. Sometimes, Louise would be only female in her class. It is true most engineering majors are male, but this does mean that females cannot be engineering majors. Louise that people don't expect her grades to be high as her male classmates. She also knows people don't expect her to make as much as her male classmates.

The final exam was up and Louise wanted to join a study . Her, Roy, and Benjamin formed a group. Roy Benjamin were Louise's friends since their first year college. Roy asked Michael if he wanted to their group. They knew that Michael was the guy in the class, if not the entire . He always got good scores. "Why would I your group? Don't you guys have like Cs?" said. "Actually, I have a B+," Roy said. " it isn't an A, it's not good. Besides, don't want to study with Louise. She's a ," he said.

"I may not be the smartest in the class, but I'm doing well," Louise when she heard this. "I doubt it," Michael . This motivated Louise to study harder. For two , she did nothing but study. She even studied she ate. When it came to the final day, she was ready. She thought the test easy! The professor displayed everyone's score on the . He put the initials so people don't know people's scores. Louise got the highest grade in class. "Hey Michael, what did you get?" she . "98. You?" he said. "100!" she said.