Click here for online help with Editing For Grammar and Style . For online help if English is not your native language, click here for a list of Common ESL Writing Problems . One papers may be submitted from any MIT subject, UROP activity, or Wellesley or Harvard exchange subject. Papers written for classes at other institutions are not acceptable. The paper must consist of expository prose and must contain at least 1250 words of text.
Narratives are acceptable only if the narrative supports an easily identifiable thesis.
You are responsible for all materials getting to the Writing Requirement Office. Do not ask your instructor or anyone else to hand your paper in for you. Obtain a Phase One cover sheet and fill out the top portion. Phase One cover sheets may be obtained at the Writing Requirement Office and at the Academic Resource Center. Ask the instructor of the subject to complete the cover sheet and sign it.