23. Her fellow students at Smith College were not only amazed by Plath’s brains but by her beauty too
By the end of her first year at Smith College, Plath had earned a reputation for being extremely bright and uniquely talented. She also gained a reputation for being one of the best-looking ladies in the college, and the most mysterious. Famously, upon meeting Plath for the first time, Nancy Hunter exclaimed: “They didn’t tell me you were beautiful!” Hunter had moved into the same dormitory as Plath and had already heard of her new roommate’s sharp mind before her first day at Smith College.