My first Publication Alumni Magazine21-online | Página 22

ISSUE 21, JUNE 2019
I have no idea.
Maybe it’s yet to come? Could be Graduation? Prom?
Well, for prom I’ll be in heels, so – no. ☺
Oh, I know! It was when I got into MIT and everyone was so
supportive – teachers, students, everyone was hugging me,
while I was in shock. It was a very wholesome experience,
just to be supported so much by everyone. I remember
this was so amazing and I couldn’t wrap my head around
it. People congratulated me even before I had told them.
I got an e-mail from Mr. Ward: “I’ve been hearing some
stuff, do I need to congratulate you?” I have friends who
also applied to MIT but didn’t get in. They knew how much
work I’d put in and they showed no envy, no jealousy, they
just supported me. It was a wonderful day.
That is a great story, how about your worst day?
Oh, I have so many worst days! (laughs)
Those were days we’ve had, like, 2 tests, 2 projects, and you
don’t sleep until 4 AM and then you get up at 6 and then you
have to come here and go to school and concentrate in order
to do your best on the exam, and then you have something
else. There have been times when I go home and just drop
on the bed and I can’t do anything. This is exhaustion, it’s
not like I hate it. And I know that it happened because I
didn’t manage my time well or something like this.
What’s one thing from ACS you are definitely going to
take with you on your way forward?
I don’t know...maybe the person I’ve become, because I
really feel I can do anything. I can manage every situation
that comes in front of me and defeat any challenge. I’ve
done so many things here, things I never even thought
possible for myself. I used to be a little bit artistic and I had
forgotten it for many years, and now this year I just decided
to make the countdown until the last class.
“I really want to be making a difference,
because that’s the point of everything
– to come up with technologies to
make the future better.”
Oh, that was you? It was really beautiful!
Yeah, it was so strange, because I had really forgotten that
I’d loved to do different artistic projects. And then I had
this idea and it was so wonderful. This was something that
I did and I think it’s good for my class as a whole. Everyone
was very excited and seeing that days go by, actually, like,
physically. I was challenged here and I remembered and I
managed to do this whole project on my own. All of this, I
think, is invaluable. And it will help me no matter what I do.
Even if I decide to completely change what I do in the future,
it’s just any challenge that comes, I will not be in despair and
I know that there is a way to go forward.
Cool, then what’s one thing you are definitely leaving
behind, shedding?
Heavy textbooks, heavy backpacks. Oh, how I hate this! My
backpack has been weighted the heaviest, for all of my time
here. I have no idea how that happened. No matter how few
things I take, it’s always the heaviest and it’s so annoying,
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