Monday night was the MIT finale of Campus Moviefest, an event in which I participated with the mini-film (dis)CONNECTED. We made this video over a weekend — we took a bunch of pictures, did about an hour of videotaping, and then spent days editing in our computers. This film explores the paradox of technology in…
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CROEM – Q&A about this magnet boarding school in Mayaguez, PR [Updated 2020]
CROEM is a magnet school in Mayaguez, PR, specialized in math and science. In order to attend CROEM, students compete for 150 spots total in the school. The 150 spots are split amongst students attending grades 9-12. I attended CROEM from 2004 to 2006, two of my uncles attended about 16 years earlier, and my…
Thoughts after being deferred by MIT Early Action
It was on early November that the waiting started for me. I had already sent my application to the best engineering college, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All my dreams were based on receiving an acceptance letter from that university; after all, I had been working for it since I was 12. I didn’t receive…