Student Stories
Austin Taranta ’06
Phoenix, Arizona
Major: Chemical engineering
My father died when I was a senior in high school. This placed a serious financial burden on my mother, who was already supporting my brother and sister’s college tuition, and she is now supporting mine and my younger sister’s. Without generous support from [the McDermott] scholarship fund, she might not have been able to shoulder this burden.
Without my MIT scholarship, it is unlikely that I would have been able to attend MIT and benefit from the quality of education and opportunities that I have so thoroughly enjoyed in my time here. That this scholarship is specifically designed for students from the Southwest heartens me as I feel we are underrepresented.
I am completing a minor in music this term, and I plan to continue playing piano in the future. I’ve thoroughly enjoyedf MIT and the experience has been one that I will remember fondly.
| Financial aid package (2005-06) | |
| MIT Scholarship | $27,722 |
| Federal Work-Study | $5,500 |
| Total aid package | $33,222 |
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