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Ben Jones

Fmr Director of Communications

Hi folks! My name is Ben, and from 2004-2008 I was Director of Communications for the MIT Office of Admissions. My job (other than reading applications and selecting four amazing freshman classes with my colleagues) was to establish a communications platform for MIT Admissions that would enable MIT... read more »

Recent blog entries

May 15, 2008
Big News
Apr 14, 2008
MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage
Apr 10, 2008
CPW LiveBlogging Project Followup
Apr 3, 2008
The CPW LiveBlogging Project
Mar 31, 2008
CPW Registration - Important!

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Complete Archives

May 15 2008

Big News

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 14 2008

MTB Party Pic & TechTV CPW Coverage

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 10 2008

CPW LiveBlogging Project Followup

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 3 2008

The CPW LiveBlogging Project

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 31 2008

CPW Registration - Important!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 26 2008

Updates And Shannon’s Formula

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 15 2008

Eye Of The Storm

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 9 2008

Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jan 4 2008

Odds & Ends

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 17 2007

MIT TechFair THINK Competition

Posted in: MIT Facts

Dec 10 2007

Early Action Decisions

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 27 2007

LOLZ CATS

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 31 2007

Answers To Questions Fall 2007

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 31 2007

The Next Generation Of College Campus Tours?

Posted in: MIT Facts

Oct 29 2007

Soothing Words About Deadlines From Joanne Cummings

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 26 2007

The Human Factor And String Theory

Posted in: MIT Facts

Sep 25 2007

Advice On The Essay

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Freshman Applicants

Sep 18 2007

Overnight Program: Now Taking Requests

Posted in: Visit

Sep 7 2007

Blogger Decisions Released

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 15 2007

Wise Words From Mikey

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Aug 9 2007

Driving On The Infinite

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 30 2007

New Server

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 26 2007

Call For Bloggers

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 18 2007

Random Monday Fun @ MIT

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 13 2007

Checking In

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 26 2007

Message From Ben And Matt

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 4 2007

Answers To Recent Questions!

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 30 2007

CPW Registration Browser Issues

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 28 2007

Brain Dump

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 17 2007

Admitted

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 17 2007

Waitlisted

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 17 2007

Not Admitted

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 12 2007

Online Decisions To Be Released This Saturday

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 3 2007

The Mystery Of The Missing Application Tracking Portlet

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 22 2007

MIT Idol

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 8 2007

A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jan 23 2007

Where Have I Been?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 5 2007

The Match

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 21 2006

Happy Holidays!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 20 2006

Answers To Your Questions Dec 2006

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 5 2006

While You Wait…

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 1 2006

If You Wish To Receive Your Decision Online…

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 22 2006

Answers To Your Questions

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 8 2006

My First Full Reading Day

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 2 2006

Long Overdue Q&A Post

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 19 2006

MyMIT Status

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 19 2006

Television Show Decisions

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 3 2006

Fall Travel Recap; New Bloggers Announced

Posted in: Visit

Sep 14 2006

The Birth Of My Third Child

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Sep 4 2006

RA Blogger Applications Due Wednesday 9/6 At Noon

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 23 2006

50 Things

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Life & Culture

Aug 17 2006

A Preview Of My Summer Project

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 9 2006

Class of 2010: Wondering Where Everyone Is Living?

Posted in: Life & Culture

Aug 8 2006

EA Blogger Application Decisions

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 31 2006

I Am Not As Lame As I Appear

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 24 2006

Howdy

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 12 2006

So You Wanna Be A Blogger?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 11 2006

Your Profile On The Web: Can It Hurt You?

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jul 10 2006

Back From Vacation

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 9 2006

The LiveJournal Survey

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 8 2006

The MySpace Survey

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 7 2006

The Xanga Survey

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 15 2006

Ecosystems And Web Sites

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 7 2006

Thoughts On Global Leadership

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 1 2006

A Morning With Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Posted in: MIT Facts

May 26 2006

Varsity Blogging

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 23 2006

MIT ‘10s: Prom, Graduation, And Other End-Of-Year Photos

Posted in: Process & Statistics

May 19 2006

An American Idol Math Question

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 18 2006

Excitement On The Road

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 16 2006

Admitted From The Waitlist?

Posted in: Process & Statistics

May 12 2006

Brain Dump

Posted in: Life & Culture

May 9 2006

Waitlist, Etc.

Posted in: Process & Statistics

May 4 2006

The Night I Shared A Stage With Marilee

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 26 2006

Dating At MIT: Episode 1

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 21 2006

My Long-Overdue CPW Recap

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 18 2006

Back From Vacation

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 6 2006

Best. Hack. Ever.

Posted in: Life & Culture

Mar 30 2006

Campus Preview Weekend

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 23 2006

The Only Answer I Have

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 17 2006

It’s More Than A Job

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Mar 17 2006

Won’t Be Long Now…

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 11 2006

Selection = Finished

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 9 2006

Financial Aid Tracking Portlet Now Available

Posted in: Afford

Mar 8 2006

The Role Of A Teacher

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 6 2006

Online Decisions = YES

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 2 2006

MIT Meets The OC

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 1 2006

Financial Aid Tracking + Evie Pix

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 27 2006

Fun With Photoshop

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 22 2006

Mid-year Grade Reports And Other Common Questions

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 21 2006

Pi Day = Mail Day? Too Early To Know

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 20 2006

The Decisions Are Not In The Mail

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 19 2006

Howdy From The Middle Of RA Selection

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 14 2006

Ben’s Ninth Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 11 2006

For My Fellow Coffee Lovers

Posted in: Life & Culture

Feb 8 2006

Regarding Online Decisions

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 6 2006

The New MIT Viewbook!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 2 2006

Superbowl

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 24 2006

Ben’s Eighth Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jan 18 2006

Regarding The Tech Article

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jan 9 2006

Holiday Stories

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 9 2006

Ben’s Seventh Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jan 2 2006

2006 Already?!?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 22 2005

Happy New Year Everyone!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 22 2005

Ben’s Sixth Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 19 2005

Happy Holidays!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 19 2005

Ben’s Fifth Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 14 2005

Followup To Mailing Disaster

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 14 2005

Please Read This

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 14 2005

What’s Up With The Mail?!?

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 14 2005

More Public Art Projects

Posted in: Life & Culture

Dec 13 2005

Decisions Beginning To Arrive

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 11 2005

Happy Sunday Everyone

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 9 2005

Countdown To Mail Drop

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 5 2005

From The Midst Of Selection

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 1 2005

November Scores

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 26 2005

Checking In

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Nov 13 2005

Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 8 2005

Ben’s Fourth Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 2 2005

Ben’s Third Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 30 2005

MyMIT Problems - EA Deadline Now 11/4

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 28 2005

Ben’s Second Semi-Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 20 2005

Ben’s First Annual Q&A

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Oct 19 2005

MIT Professor Creates DEATH RAY!

Posted in: MIT Facts

Oct 11 2005

4 8 15 16 23 42

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 6 2005

Elephants?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 5 2005

Many Ways To Define “The Best”

Posted in: Prepare for MIT

Oct 3 2005

Fall Travel Days 8,9,10,11,12: PA, NJ, and Home!

Posted in: Visit

Sep 26 2005

Fall Travel Day 7: Philly

Posted in: Visit

Sep 24 2005

Fall Travel Days 4,5,6: NACAC Conference

Posted in: Visit

Sep 21 2005

Fall Travel Days 2+3: Westchester County

Posted in: Visit

Sep 19 2005

Fall Travel Day 1: Hartford

Posted in: Visit

Sep 12 2005

Fall Travel

Posted in: Visit

Sep 2 2005

Katrina

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 24 2005

Scenes From Admissions, Round Two

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 10 2005

Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Aug 2 2005

Want To Play Music @ MIT?

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jul 29 2005

I’m A Famous Rockstar

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 19 2005

Scenes From Admissions Round One

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jul 12 2005

As The Saying About Assumptions Goes…

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Jul 6 2005

What MIT Grads Do With Their Free Time

Posted in: Life & Culture

Jun 22 2005

Back From Paternity Leave

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jun 1 2005

You Guys Are Used To Getting No Sleep, But I Am Old

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 19 2005

Meet The Admissions Staff

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 10 2005

The Waitlist

Posted in: Process & Statistics

May 6 2005

Welcome Susan Hockfield

Posted in: MIT Facts

May 5 2005

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 4 2005

Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox

Posted in: Miscellaneous

May 3 2005

Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas

Posted in: Life & Culture

Apr 29 2005

And So It Ends, And So It Begins

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 9 2005

CPW Day 3

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 9 2005

CPW Day 3

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 8 2005

CPW Day 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 8 2005

CPW Day 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 7 2005

CPW Day 1

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Apr 4 2005

Blog Links

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 28 2005

In Real Life

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 21 2005

Bad Haiku

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 18 2005

Online Decisions, Sortof

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 17 2005

The Burning Question Part 2

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 16 2005

The Burning Question

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 16 2005

Upside-Down Letters

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 15 2005

Waitlist Questions

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 15 2005

Two Sides Of The Coin… For Us Too

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 14 2005

Please Stop

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 14 2005

Decisions Are Beginning To Arrive

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 14 2005

Changes To Your MyMIT Account

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 14 2005

The DHL Fiasco

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 11 2005

In The Mail

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 11 2005

Today’s Mailing Day

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 8 2005

Only You Have The Power

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Mar 8 2005

Status Pic, As Promised

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 8 2005

Back From The West Coast

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Mar 5 2005

Decision Mail Date: March 11

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 24 2005

Very, Very Important News

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 21 2005

Notes From The Middle Of Selection

Posted in: Majors & Minors

Feb 15 2005

The Day Before Selection Begins

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Feb 3 2005

New MIT Viewbook

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Feb 1 2005

Stu Saves The Pact

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 31 2005

And Then There Was One

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 28 2005

The Beard, The Name, The Response, and EC

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 27 2005

Welcome To Room 3-107

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 14 2005

Highlights From The Past Week

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Jan 7 2005

A New Year’s Resolution, MyMIT-Style

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Dec 20 2004

Long-Overdue Responses

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 18 2004

Clarification On Last Post

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 16 2004

There Is No Formula

Posted in: Best of the Blogs, Process & Statistics

Dec 11 2004

Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Dec 10 2004

EA Letters Are In The Mail

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 14 2004

App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Nov 8 2004

New Portlets?

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 29 2004

MyMIT is fixed!

Posted in: Miscellaneous

Oct 25 2004

Application Reading Season Kickoff

Posted in: Process & Statistics

Aug 6 2004

All About The Author

Posted in: Miscellaneous