#tbt Samantha Marquart Brainard ’11 on her first visit to MIT at age 12. "I knew I wanted to go to MIT at age six, because I read it was where astronauts went to school. I had my first trip to campus when I was 12. I had pictures from MIT on my walls growing up—every piece of information you could get from MIT Admissions was on my wall. When I found out I got in, I withdrew applications from every other school. http://bit.ly/2vMmPQc There’s just something about the MIT community that made me feel like I was home—I latched onto it. When I got to MIT, I made it my purpose to volunteer and help other students as much as possible." Learn more about alumni like Brainard and how they stay connected to MIT at alc.mit.edu #MITALC 📷: Samantha Marquart Brainard