Welcome Message: Nina (TKS Alumni) — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hi, since you're filling out the TKS
2. 0:01application as an alumna of the program,
3. 0:03I figured I'd give some advice. So,
4. 0:04first a quick intro. My name is Nina.
5. 0:07I'm a TKS alumna from the years of 2018
6. 0:09[music] to 19 and 19 to 20. During my
7. 0:11time at TKS, I learned about and did
8. 0:13projects in many different areas,
9. 0:14including longevity, AI, BCIs, and more.
10. 0:17Ultimately, I ended up working on a
11. 0:18startup uh combating neureneration.
12. 0:21Since my time at TKS, I finished high
13. 0:23school [music] and went off to
14. 0:24university at Harvard where I'm now a
15. 0:26junior studying computational
16. 0:27neuroscience. I also focused on my work
17. 0:29in dementia. [music] So, I've been
18. 0:30working at various health tech startups
19. 0:32and also um doing research. Um right now
20. 0:35my research is on combating [music]
21. 0:36co uh cognitive decline and Alzheimer's.
22. 0:38I think when I first applied to TKS I
23. 0:41felt a little bit worried that I didn't
24. 0:42have enough awards, accomplishments,
25. 0:44accolades [music] to sort of be um to
26. 0:46get in and to kind of feel happy in that
27. 0:48community. But I think when I joined I
28. 0:51realized, you know, people are so kind
29. 0:53and supportive of each other and it's
30. 0:54really just a community focused on
31. 0:56learning and growing together [music] as
32. 0:57opposed to like playing status games,
33. 0:59competing, etc. And I thought that was
34. 1:01such like such an amazing [music]
35. 1:02environment to be in. And I think my
36. 1:04advice for you when applying is kind of
37. 1:05in line with that. But since TS is
38. 1:07looking for these authentic people who
39. 1:09want to take initiative and learn, grow,
40. 1:10and make the world a better place, like
41. 1:13I think the most important thing to
42. 1:14convey in your application is enthusiasm
43. 1:16and motivation. Like the fact that
44. 1:18you're even thinking of applying here to
45. 1:20me signals that you have a lot of
46. 1:22motivation and enthusiasm [music] and
47. 1:24and you're going to do big things with
48. 1:25your life and because of that I just
49. 1:27think you should communicate that energy
50. 1:28and excitement in your application. So,
51. 1:30you know, let it seep through in your
52. 1:31essays and the work you do, etc.
53. 1:33Anyways, good luck at applying. You've
54. 1:35got this and thank you.