{"id":7693,"date":"2017-12-15T20:52:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=7693"},"modified":"2017-12-15T20:52:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T20:52:43","slug":"joriam-martinez-parra-accepted-into-prestigious-mit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=7693","title":{"rendered":"Joriam Martinez Parra Accepted into Prestigious MIT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Many years ago, Joriam Martinez Parra set a goal to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He knew he would have to work extremely hard to realize that dream.<\/p>\n

Because he did well at a summer program there, the Los Fresnos High School senior can now literally touch MIT after receiving electronic notification that he was accepted and offered a full-ride scholarship to the STEM-oriented university in Boston, Mass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always had a dream of going to MIT,\u201d said Joriam, the son of Jorge Martinez Badilla and Maria Guadalupe Parra. \u201cEver since my sophomore year, I got more interested and set my mind that I would work hard to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fourth-ranked student in the LFHS Class of 2018 was one of 80 students from across the country accepted into a six-week science and engineering program for rising high school seniors. Only three percent of applicants who apply are accepted, and Joriam was one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave us college-level courses, and they were pretty rigorous,\u201d said Joriam, 17. \u201cI was hoping to visit the city and see some of the sights in Boston, but I never had time. I was always doing work and studying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joriam took courses in Chemistry, Calculus, Physics III, Genomics, Humanities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were testing us to see if we could handle their college courses. We were given evaluations based on how much we progressed in the class. Mine were very positive. A bunch of my teachers noticed that I increased my proficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doing well in the summer program was a major impact on MIT\u2019s decision to offer Joriam a full-ride scholarship. \u201cThey favor people who have gone through the summer program.\u201d<\/p>\n

His areas of interest at MIT are theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, two areas that well-known scientist Albert Einstein studied. He hopes to get a master\u2019s and doctorate degrees as well.<\/p>\n

Even with all of his studies at LFHS, Joriam found time to be involved in UIL Science, UIL Mathematics, Science Bowl, National Honor Society and Key Club.<\/p>\n

But he always kept his focus on academics, and stayed on a structured schedule of going to bed by 9 p.m. and waking up at 2 a.m. when his home was quiet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am able to concentrate more from 2 to 7 in the morning. Five hours is an average sleep night is about right for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joriam submitted his application in the fall to attend MIT, and found out last Friday when he logged into the school\u2019s website. \u201cI just read the banner that said congratulations. I was really shocked. I had not told anyone until later in the day when I told my friends and then my teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two teachers were influential in his success. \u201cI have always sought and paved my own path. However, many people have made a powerful impact on which path I ended up choosing \u2013 teachers like Mrs. (Misty) Heredia and Mr. (Jose) Pesina.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joriam told his parents, who speak only Spanish, about the acceptance into MIT. \u201cThey did not understand the magnitude about how prestigious it was, but after I explained that to them, they were very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joriam is an example of what someone who can attain a goal that may seem like a dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had been living my entire life believing that it was impossible for me to go from a small pueblo in Mexico to MIT, but now that ‘impossible’ has vanished.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD Many years ago, Joriam Martinez Parra set a goal to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He knew he would have to work extremely hard to realize that dream. Because he did well at a summer program there, the Los Fresnos High School senior can now literally touch MIT after receiving electronic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7696,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7693\/revisions\/7696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}