Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

Let the quantity x  represent Amber . Find x . Lemma I: The integral is mathematics .         A memorable math problem can be played like a piece of music. I start with a pianissimo  whisper of unc

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Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations?* (250 words or less)

There is a distinctive music within math. From the delicate staccato heartbeats of a counting proof to the confusing cacophony of topology, math problems are like pieces of music, elegant proofs writt

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Tell us more about why this field of study at MIT appeals to you.* (100 words max)

Math allows us to model the world by extracting the simple from the complex. Let’s consider a cell, and all the activity within – proteins binding, enzymes catalyzing, molecules diffusing. Prior to ma

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We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it.* (250 words or less)

There’s a PowerPoint file in my laptop, filled with everything from EEG scans to histology slides, containing scenes for the video games I design. These are unusual video games. To play, players trans

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At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from tackling the world's biggest challenges to being a good friend. Describe one way in which you have contributed to your community, whether in your family, the classroom, your neighborhood, etc.* (250 words or less)

There is an exhilarating joy that comes with learning, delving into science only to realize the beautiful fact that you know so little – that there are entire worlds of discovery that you can not only

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Tell us about a significant challenge you've faced or something that didn't go according to plan that you feel comfortable sharing. How did you manage the situation?* (250 words or less)

I used to think of chemistry as my forgotten middle child. I had nothing against chemistry, of course – bonding was partially attractive, and thermodynamics was quite spontaneous – the issue was that,

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Most significant challenge society faces

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Last two summers

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Historical moment or event

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Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities, a job you hold, or responsibilities you have for your family.

Summer, a research doorway opens.  Student interns, student mentors pose questions from papers, seek answers in data.  Uncover biomarkers, unravel cancer’s landscape; machine learning won’t le

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One thing you are looking forward to at Stanford

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Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you excited about learning

I used to think of chemistry as my forgotten middle child. I had nothing against chemistry– bonding was partially attractive, and thermodynamics was quite spontaneous– the issue was that, between math

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Note to future roommate

To me, having a roommate is like conducting a titration: we’re titrating an unknown acid – you – with a known base – me – to create an unknown mixture: us . Or, vice versa. Together, we define the pro

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Something meaningful to you and why

There is an exhilarating joy that comes with learning, delving into science only to realize the beautiful fact that you know so little– that there are entire worlds of discovery that you can not only

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Additional Intellectual Experiences

In June, I was a counselor for the 2-week Mathworks Junior Summer Math Camp. There, I guided four middle- school campers to explore advanced mathematical concepts, ranging from recursion to coordinate

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EC Essay

At RSI, we started as 81 individual thinkers, harboring outwardly enigmatic romances: the orbits of exoplanets, the ticking of genomic clocks and prime number congruences – we loved at discrete freque

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