Accepted to MIT: should I attend?

molliebatmit
Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:53:42 +0000

MollieB obviously enjoyed her time at MIT, and I get the impression she didn’t really enjoy math/physics.

This impression is correct. I mean, I didn’t grit my teeth all the way through either requirement (I particularly enjoyed E&M and multivariable calc), and I certainly appreciate having learned the material, but I wouldn’t have taken them if I hadn’t been required to do so.

I think it’s important to ask whether you really dislike math and physics, or whether you just don’t enjoy them enough to take more classes than required. The latter is perfectly acceptable for an MIT student – after all, we don’t all end up as math and physics majors, and that’s not by chance – but the former is more worrisome.