Amidst a hundred or so 5th graders sitting on beige and off-black tiles in a compact gymnasium, my chubby self turns to my best (okay, only) friend as middle school giants stroll in with their equipment and shimmering doohickeys. He looks back at me with enthusiasm, expecting a show. We feast our eyes on the lengthiest instrument they possess: the trombone. The man behind the brass tubing riffs out an awesomely obnoxious ostinato. It was at that moment we contemplated...

Sitting on an inviting carpet, chubby, bushy eye-browed 4-year-old Memo grasps an alien spaceship-looking controller and joins his older brother in taking in the vibrant colors of the CRT television as the song of adventure and wave file fanfares fills the room. Mario Party 2 for the Nintendo 64 was one of the first videogames I ever played, and from time to time, I still find myself resuming the adventure. There are worlds out there to explore; whenever I need to step...

After immersing myself in computer science with Mobile App Development this summer, I’m currently interested in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, cryptography, and creatively changing the world with technology. The EECS department, specifically course 6-3, appeals to me because of its broad range of enlightening and intense opportunities that match my interests in computing and electronics. I would love taking 6.034 or 6.9041. I admire MIT’s UROP and would highly value doing research under professor Randall Davis or Shafi...