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  Building a Robot in 3 Days FIRST X MIT Edition

  

  global nonprofit organization that runs after-school STEM programs and ... Michigan), FLL typically targets elementary school students, FTC targets middle school students (though it targets high schoolers in many other

  • by Hala K. '29
  • January 25, 2026
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who cares about poetry? lots of feelings

  

  school English assignment. Perhaps you’ve been assigned something similar ... . Most high school creative writing contests focused on poetry, not prose ... high school angst. Teenagers (especially teenage girls) get an unfair

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 10, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  I like to tell myself that I've escaped my high school demons. That ... existed in my high school is defeated here, that I have no reason to avoid ... high school, they wouldn't have even bat an eye at my existence. A

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Give MIT Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences a Chance Yultide Day 5

  

  professors are top academics of the world. MIT is the #1 school in the U.S. in ... statistical and social science methods. In most schools’ equivalent courses ... their original research theses on international relations, charter schools

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  Into the Unknown with bravery

  

  four years ago when we were seniors in high school, and we're sure many ... -minute to apply to grad school. And just 2 days ago, we officially were ... for the reality where maybe we won’t get into grad school, and maybe

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 17, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  jokes (out of pity). It is currently the first day of school’s eve, more ... rollercoaster     It is now the day after the first day of school’s eve, more commonly known as the first day of school. I walked into the first lecture of

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  Lilly Chin The Spiciest Memelord

  

  ’s doorsteps. She attended Westminster High School in Georgia, a private Christian school, where she learned how to code (she was the only girl on the school’s build team for robotics). Her focus in the world of computer

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • April 27, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching

  

  minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline? It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school forms (e.g. teacher recommendations, secondary school report, transcript

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  RA deadline is approaching no need to panic

  

  minute! What happens if some of my school forms come in past the deadline? It is perfectly fine if, through no fault of your own, your school forms (e.g. teacher recommendations, secondary school report, transcript

  • by Kris Guay
  • December 30, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicant wishing you all the best and greatest

  

  school. And while the status has its perks, little time is left for you to ... talk. Yes, time may be running out on your high school years, but it ... challenge. Yes, I’ve had plenty of fun in high school, but when I picked a

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  My MIT Interview I think that I forgot to tell you about that

  

  folders (I'm kind of a laptop organization freak): "Grad School Apps," "La ... school. Inside are e-mails that I saved from my high school days, back when ... interview. So here goes. In my senior year of high school, I was living in

  • by Anna H. '14
  • June 12, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  About That Email an error, and an apology

  

  arts colleges. Two of them were safety state schools. I would have gone ... day, in April, I got a thin envelope in the mail from this school. It ... - or she, or someone - had been denied entry to their school. I called

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 5, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  The Curiosity Instinct Every MIT applicant should ask a question - but not necessarily just "How can I…

  

  Even though I'm now two years out of high school, I still keep in ... time. Two of her kids are old enough to be in school now, but she ... School of Mathematics, which looks to be a rigorous afterschool program

  • by Emad T. '14
  • November 24, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Survey says… A LOT of freshmen report that they were leaders in high school!

  

  they held some sort of leadership position in high school. Out of a list ... role.” They noted that sometimes a high school leadership opportunity can ... this. I was a captain of my Cross Country and Track teams in high school

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 25, 2011
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Just A Small Town Girl Blogging in an awesome world.

  

  , Shakespeare’s Pizza, and the Kewpies (naked baby dolls that were my high school’s ... school, hit deer, etc. I couldn't fall asleep my first night at MIT because ... school. It's not as if suddenly I woke up one day wanting to be an engineer

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • September 17, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m in New York! where chicken and rice is so good.

  

  amount of time you have outside of the school year to explore different places and to travel broadly in your time away from school. Just a month ... terrifying journey also known as medical school admissions. Through my time at

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Examining exams Sometimes, grades matter less than photons are matter.

  

  class ranking in high school was a one-digit prime number, and scarcely ... tries to cling on to the crumbling remnants of their high school success ... test in high school, I would have received a 120% and possibly a card on

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 4, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Leadership Training Institute by YeSeul Kim '10 and Anne Shen '11.

  called the Leadership Training Institute (LTI). In high school, I was ... high school, few ever entailed passing my own experiences on and ... through MIT's Educational Studies Program: High School Summer Program

  • by mitblogs
  • April 4, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  New Kid on the Blogs Claim your place. Make your mark. Live your dreams.

  

  . Throughout my entire high school career, I always considered myself a pretty ... and extracurricular activities, I got involved within my school and my ... would ever want me at their school? A year later, I still don't really

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  We Started the Fire It wasn't always burning since the world's been turning.

  

  school (which is a phrase that makes me sound like I'm 64 and recounting my ... high school this fall), I was one of the AP kids, as I'm sure a lot of ... wasn't true at your high school, but in all ten classes I took there was

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 14, 2006