It’s probably not much of a surprise to learn that the car line to drop off new students and all their stuff at the North Carolina School of Science and Math runs like a well-oiled machine. Vans and cars, loaded with suitcases and boxes, pull into the temporary unloading zone. When they stop, senior students in blue t-shirts descend on the cars, unload them, mark the correct rooms, and off they go, on hand trucks and trolleys. An entire car unloaded in a few minutes. The speed in which it all happens can seem a little overwhelming for a 15-year old, who has to feel like she’s going to college before she’s ever been to a prom. But these are not average 15-and-16 year olds. “I feel like it’s going to be an adjustment, but I think I’m prepared as well,” says Mary Christopher, a junior from Greensboro. “I’m ready to work so I’m hoping I’ll be able to do it. A swimmer, Mary admitted that making the choice to forego her last two years at Grimsley High School wasn’t easy. “Leaving all my