In eighth grade, my world was forever changed; that was the year my grandfather finally lost the battle with Huntington’s. Huntington’s disease is a genetic degenerative neurological disease, similar to Parkinson’s, that is impossible to overcome since there is no cure right now. I had known for years that he would eventually be taken from us because of that single faulty gene, but that did not stop my world from crumbling around me when my mother and...

Whenever I have free time, I like to participate in the time-honored tradition of “Binge Watching.” I rarely am willing to commit to a two-and-a-half hour movie, so I end up watching a show… for five hours straight. It is a great way to give myself a break from the constant demand of my workload, because a brain-break is much needed after a week of school and work.

MIT did not have one or two long essays but rather a few short answer questions.

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I made a color-coded spread...

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I only interviewed with MIT. My interviewer had...

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I love the campus itself. It's wonderfully set up and is...