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  Misconceptions initial thoughts from a first-gen college student

  

  school, and my parents also didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t ask them about their personal experiences. When I entered high school and became ... from graduating seniors at my high school that the social aspect of

  • by Jessica Z. '27
  • September 30, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  coming off the path is anyone there?

  

  school, it's felt like I've been on a fixed trajectory. I do well in middle school to get into a good high school and get good placements in classes. I do well in high school to get into a good college. I do well in college

  • by Cami M. '23
  • April 30, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on the question “where are you from?” and the answer: neither here nor there. alternatively, about being a missourian.

  

  , peculiarly, where I went to high school. For whatever reason, the inquiry of which high school one goes to is quintessentially St. Louisan. I never ... us. Each school or district comes with its own set of generalizations

  • by Teresa J. '26
  • September 30, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  on fitness, health, and food a couple of moments over the years

  

  school, I was relatively hyperconscious about my weight and my physical ... out, I was aware of my flesh body and form. In elementary school, I ... middle school. I hated running. I was not good at it. I am asthmatic and

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 24, 2022
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  to the skeletons in my closet an open letter to you

  

  that felt good when you got rejected by your dream school (sorry). that i ... performed in school because of our friendship. i think i should be more fair to you since our high school was a breeding ground for academic

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 27, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  what i learned from classes spoiler: not what i expected

  

  high school student, this might seem a bit counterintuitive. Isn’t the ... . What I feel like I learned: I suspect that in graduate school, I ... effects (e.g., my friends learned that I do well in school) and private

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • May 27, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  a peek in a week of my summer trying to enjoy it while it lasts

  

  I cannot and refuse to believe that school starts next week. I don ... finish it before school starts next week.  Tuesday  12:00 pm I have a ... panicking over the realization that school starts in less than a week. I just

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • August 30, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Countdown to Burnout the clock is ticking

  

  you’re already in college or still in high school. Even for just a ... it"]"breaks" in between.[/annotation] High school, and all school ... ?"]everything.[/annotation] I’ve gotten all of my school work done without ever having to do work

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 12, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  is grad school and whatever comes after that, but when you're in your ... recommendation for grad school. [caption id="attachment_48928" align ... -telling. [annotation note="She's Not Like Other Girls"]As a Luddite at a tech school

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Lot Can Happen in 365 Days 8,760 hours of work, sleep, and play

  

  ; Within the past year, my second little brother graduated middle school and my littlest brother graduated elementary school.   Within the ... high school entrepreneurship program called Endevvr about crowdfunding

  • by Erick P. '17
  • December 31, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Meet the (New) Bloggers! CONTENT COMING IN HOT

  

  school for me. Then, while visiting I saw how students were meshing their ... these admissions blogs that I truly fell in love with the school, so it is ... . Instead of my childhood dreams of going to art schools in Manhattan, my

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 10, 2015
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in China through MIT’s China Development Initiative A week-long mentorship program in Xiamen, Fujian

  

  . Our MIT crew (~5 undergrads) were hosted by 3-4 local high school ... trips around the city. Here's a picture I took while standing on a school ... school competition, and they called themselves the 21 gongs. They sang a

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman FAQs and a cliffhanger or two.

  

  back when about "fit".  Like many MIT people, in high school I was always ... school, where I could put some marginal effort into classes and get good ... things in high school (I harboured this dream that I would ace every test

  • by Michael C. '16
  • April 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  The last few days of summer I think I spent them well.

  

  from THE SCHOOL YEAR is that my calendar looks blissfully white and empty. During the school year, my calendar looks, to quote my friend: "like a ... during the school year. But those seven days at the end of the summer

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 6, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  In Which I Sound Like an Old Man I'm really not that old...according to CVS cashiers, I apparently look 17 =p

  

  garment bag around to medical school interviews. (I actually got that bag on ... , with medical school acceptances in hand, ready to begin the next chapter ... school, others are working in industry - but the common thread is that

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Welcome to college, Kid. My first week at MIT.

  

  attended elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school; and ... new freshman at a ...certain liberal arts school on the other end of ... . Greg and I took her to that liberal arts school to register and drop off

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • September 4, 2005
• Blog / Community Projects

  Affirmations not unnecessary

  

  recommendation to graduate school. b) That fear of being seen as dumb? Well, that ... ? You’re not 17 anymore. You’re 22. Hell, you’re in grad school Hell, you ... why. At what point in high school was I able to convince someone that I

  • by Paige B. '24
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Athletics

  7 / Pressure is a privilege Training for my last hurrah, the US Championships

  

  during the last few weeks of the semester, I had prioritized school first ... world, right here, with my coaches and their skating school.   V ... my best to push off school a little and head to the rink 3 or 4 times a

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • February 15, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  To ASE Or Not To ASE preparing academically for freshman year

  

  you did in high school. Yes, MIT is harder than high school, but getting ... aware of is how different the ASE is from high school/prior content. 5 ... validation so much less than I did in high school because I know everyone here

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • June 26, 2025
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  moving on, as shown through free t-shirts some spring cleaning

  

  freshman year of high school, I didn't put up any decorations on my walls ... -cultural appropriation hanging bead doors on my closet for most of elementary school ... : Sources of Strength. It was branded as the school's mental health awareness

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • March 10, 2025