lewelma Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) My ds is applying for the humanities scholars program, which would give him fancy dinners with faculty every month. Only 18 sophomores get it. I just wanted to share his essay because I thought it was awesome. He finds out in a month. Crossing fingers. Deleted. Edited November 28, 2019 by lewelma 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Oh no, I missed seeing the essay before you deleted. I've LOVED following your son's journey over the past few years. Good luck to him! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted November 22, 2019 Author Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) On 11/23/2019 at 7:52 AM, chocolate-chip chooky said: Oh no, I missed seeing the essay before you deleted. I've LOVED following your son's journey over the past few years. Aw, you are sweet. I'll post it again -- I just don't want to keep it up as it is his. The prompt: "If you could have all incoming MIT freshman read one book, what would it be and why?" He choose Stanislaw Lem's Fiasco. 🙂 Deleted Edited November 25, 2019 by lewelma 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Wow, Ruth. I hope my daughter builds up to essays of that standard. One thing that I really love is that your son obviously shows you his essays and still involves you in his education, albeit in a different sort of role. I hope I manage that with my daughter too. You two are an inspiration to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 He was really proud of it, but wanted my feedback on the book summary. He wanted to make sure that someone who hadn't read the book, could understand what he was saying. I did suggest he change one sentence. 🙂 He also called the night before he wrote it to ask me to help him interpret the prompt. He basically wanted to know if it was writing about the book or about the idea. I suggested the idea, but not sure if I was right! There were 3 other prompts he could have chosen, so I told him that they would get all sorts of different essays, so not to worry if he interpreted it in a different way than others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 50 minutes ago, chocolate-chip chooky said: You two are an inspiration to me. This is really sweet. 😘 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4KookieKids Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Wow, that really is good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewelma Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 (edited) On 11/25/2019 at 6:58 AM, 4KookieKids said: Wow, that really is good! Here's hoping it is good enough to get him into the scholars program. 🙂 The prof he chose for his recommendation was the one who said that his research paper was "the best student paper I have read in a number of years." All this from a boy who learned to write English essays by writing math proofs for AoPS. If he gets it, I should write them a thank you. 🙂 Edited November 25, 2019 by lewelma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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