At just 18, Fayez Ahmad has already travelled a remarkable distance—from learning chess at the age of four in Rajshahi to earning admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the world’s most prestigious universities. But his story is not simply about getting into MIT. It is a story of curiosity, persistence, family support, Olympiads, self-learning and a determination to make opportunities more accessible for others. For most Bangladeshi students, the end of HSC examinations marks the beginning of the next chapter of academic life. For Fayez Ahmad, however, the next chapter had already been written. A student of Notre Dame College and a member of the HSC 2026 batch,...