MIAMI (WSVN) – After coming to the United States less than five years ago, a group of Miami-Dade College students are heading to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n
David Alejandro Ram\u00edrez\u00a0majored in mechanical engineering, conducting theoretical research, algebraic topology, and coding theory. <\/p>\n
A three-time math olympiad gold medalist, Ram\u00edrez\u00a0has had his work accepted at international conferences and major publications.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I think that the strongest part of my application was the investigation that I did in mathematics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ramirez said that MDC gave him a lot of resources to help him on his path.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am part of the [Miami-Dade College] honors program, which provided me with a scholarship that, the other scholarship was very important to me since I didn\u2019t have to worry about the academic part, I didn\u2019t have to worry about the books or paying my classes,\u201d said Ramirez.<\/p>\n
As a teenager, he came to the U.S. from Cuba alone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI immigrated to the United States at 17 years old, I traveled to Spain and then I came here. At the beginning I was living with my stepsister, I was living in Orlando, I think that I got accustomed to school pretty well, because I think I\u2019m very social, so I made friends really well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said that his biggest challenge was speaking English, but he said he learned the language very fast.<\/p>\n
After three years in the United States and being accepted into MIT, Ramirez is still processing the major accomplishment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t start to think about how big that is, but for sure I\u2019m very proud of the person that I become,\u201d said Ramirez<\/p>\n
He also said that he\u2019s proud of how his discipline and confidence have improved during his time at MDC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main thing that I emigrated to United States was for a very academic future, so of course I always wanted to work to MIT,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
With that dream in his mind, MDC made sense for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I hear about the MDC Honors College, I saw how many students were getting accepted to those university. Which made me think, \u2018Okay, if I put effort in, its going to be possible,’\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mayte Alverez Trimino majored in physics at Miami-Dade College. <\/p>\n
While at the college, she researched solar plasma dynamics, studied complex behaviors in solar radio bursts, and mentored fellow first-generation and immigrant students.<\/p>\n
\u201cUntil now I think I\u2019m crying every day of excitement,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving the opportunity not only to apply and be considered as a transfer student is a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alverez Trimino came from Cuba almost three years ago, and said it was financially impossible for her to start school right away.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to start working full time to support myself and my family, and at the same time I tried to study by myself, especially calculus and astrophysics which is my main interest,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She learned about the Honors College program, and the scholarships available. She applied, and was accepted.<\/p>\n
Alverez Trimio said the experience lasted two hard years, but it was worth it.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo achieve these type of things, you need to put so much work on it, and managing a lot of classes, high classes in the semester, research, leadership,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She added that none of it would have been possible without the support of her professors, faculty, and her mentor.<\/p>\n
Alverez Trimino said that she plans to focus on plasma physics when she attends MIT, with a goal of achieving cleaner energy.<\/p>\n
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