NEWS SECTIONS POLL: RESULTS

The News Section polled the study body to find out where they stand on a variety of questions - these are the findings…

Welcome to the News Section Poll! This month’s article will cover some hot topics regarding student opinions on school, music, and more! 

I came up with this mailbag-style poll and started with something on a lot of minds right now: college. MX students’ favorite eight colleges are MIT, Columbia, Brown, Harvard, Dartmouth, Stanford, Princeton, and Yale. Among these institutions, the number one favorite, not surprisingly, is Harvard! Below is a graph showing the distribution of student preferences among the top eight colleges and universities. 

Next, I asked students to name their favorite songs released in 2023. MX students provided a variety of answers with some claiming 2023 songs to be “trash,” while others offer some personal favorites such as “Vampire” and “Lacy” by Olivia Rodrigo, “Back on 74” by Jungle, “Meltdown” by Travis Scott, and “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen.

Among subjects, the title for being the most dreaded is Science (scars from honors Chem run deep) English comes next, known for its effective but extremely demanding curriculum. Overall, History was voted the least number of times so History teachers, give yourself a pat on the back!

As for the best dressed faculty member, Mr. Kulas, Señor Brady, and Mr. Herath tie. Catch them breezing through the hallway like they are walking on the runway!

MX is hard. And that statement has definitely been proven according to our results. Up to 27% of the student population reported having cried more than 10 times since the beginning of the school year due to stress over excessive workload. It should also be noted, however, that a majority of the school community reports not crying more than three times this year.

Somewhat surprisingly, what wakes MX students up in the morning, coffee or tea? The answer is both! 50% of MX students are enthusiastic coffee drinkers while the other half root for tea!  

Celine Ding