# @smeharbinger on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaszBOO54s
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8681380-smeharbinger-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/49f899aefa.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-09-20T14:35:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Harbinger (@SMEHarbinger) — https://gondola.cc/SMEHarbinger

## Caption

As math proofs and historical document analysis made their way on and off my to-do list during the first semester of my packed junior year, one item was perpetually stuck on it: finish Research Science Institute application. 

Last summer, a friend told me about RSI: a cost-free six-week residential research program run by the Center for Excellence in Education, hosted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I was hooked — living in the city, working in my own lab and meeting diverse friends? Count me in.

But as much as I wanted to live in Cambridge for the summer, writing five 800-word essays just to potentially receive a rejection letter was deprioritized compared to my AP Physics 2 problem sets and Harbinger story drafts. And, even as a Santa-believing, sparkle-loving optimist, the 5% acceptance rate still looked grim. 

To read more, click the link in bio.

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