<p>^^Thank you for pointing that out about MIT. I do realize that and was going to add “I do realize that MIT requires…” but since I’m not nearly as succinct a writer as GSSon, decided that I had already gone on long enough!</p>
<p>You are probably right that he will do fine with technical subjects. It is the adjusting to the target audience part that he has trouble with. Actually, I think it might be more that he doesn’t really buy into to whole “adjust the way you do things to please the teacher” mentality. He claims it interferes with his academic integrity, but I suspect it might have a little to do with the amount of work involved to accomplish this when it comes to non technical writing assignments. He has no problem writing lab reports in different formats for different teachers!</p>