Pity the "Amazing Girls" of Newton North. Their heroic struggle to be smart and pretty was detailed on the front page of yesterday's Times. They are "encouraged by committed teachers and by engaged parents who can give them wide-ranging opportunities!" They might not get into the exact pricey private college they would like to attend! It's very hard. Perhaps the most troubled of these overachievers is Esther Mobley (center), who is "a standout in Advanced Placement Latin and honors philosophy/literature who can expound on the beauty of the subjunctive tense in Catullus and on Kierkegaard's existential choices. A writer whose junior thesis for Advanced Placement history won Newton North's top prize. An actress. President of her church youth group."