Students

Margaret Libby ’22

Double Major: Literature (21) & Engineering (1) What was your favorite book, film, or thesis, paper title, etc. from out of Literature? Prof. Tapscott recommended I read Pat Barker’s Regeneration…

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Elliott Barnhill ’22

Double Major: Literature (21L) & Physics (8) What was your favorite book, film, or thesis, paper title, etc. from out of Literature? Dawn by Octavia Butler. Or maybe Moby Dick….

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Lauren Platt ’22

Double Major: Literature (21L) & Mechanical Engineering (2) What was your favorite book, film, or thesis, paper title, etc. from out of Literature? I loved reading Daytripper in Weird Americas!…

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Avery Nguyen ’22

Double Major: Literature (21L) & Chemical Engineering (10-ENG) What was your favorite book, film, or thesis, paper title, etc. from out of Literature? Though not directly from 21L.449, I read…

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Billy Jones ’22

Double Major: Literature (21L) & Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science (6-14) What was your favorite book, film, or thesis, paper title, etc. from out of Literature? Middlemarch by George…

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Anna J. Williams ’21

Favorite Literature Class: Nope. I refuse to do this. I love all my classes too much to pick faves Personal Statement: I think the bigger question here is what can’t be said…

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Lauren Clamon ’20

Studying literature at MIT has been one of the best experiences of my life. I was convinced in middle and early high school that I hated literature, and that I…

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Kathryn Jiang ’20

Declaring 21L might have been the best decision I’ve made at MIT. Never would I have imagined the depth of conversations we’d touch on in seminars or the incredible friendships…

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Ivy Li ’20

1. Existentialism and Literature was the reason why I majored in 21L. The existential problem of contending with external systems and ethics became personal and critical for me. Prof. Brinkema,…

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Kyle Archer ’18

“Being a literature major at MIT has been one of the best choices I have ever made. It has taught me new modes of thought, opened new horizons, and given…

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