Alumni Stories

Alexis Oriole ’18
Graduation Year: 2018
Program: Mathematics
Trajectory: North Carolina->MIT
Going to MIT was a big decision for me because nobody from my high school had ever gone there. However, my family and friends provided so much encouragement that I knew going to MIT would be the right decision.


Billy Caruso ’18
Graduation Year: 2018
Program: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Trajectory: New Jersey -> MIT
I was born and raised in Toms River on the Jersey Shore where summers are full of beach, boardwalk and everything local. Since middle school I was fascinated by Apple - both the company culture and their amazing products. It was then that I knew I wanted to study computer science.


Melanie Adams ’13
Graduation Year: 2013
Program: Materials Science and Engineering
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY in a community very representative of the West Indian upbringing my parents received.
