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  Class of 2009 note #2

  

  Many of you have already received it, but for those of you anxiously awaiting your Interactive Introduction to the Institute (i3) video introduction to MIT’s dorms, you can watch the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 8, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  Just got back from the inauguration of MIT’s sixteenth president, Susan Hockfield. Both of the office cameras were checked out by others, so I’ve failed you in the photo department.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Time Traveling and Teleporting

  

  The Time Traveler Convention keeps getting bigger and bigger. Now, three of the media outlets I most respect have covered it — NPR, The Economist, and, this morning, the New…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Class of 2009 note #1

  

  While we are still waiting to hear from everyone, and hence it is too early to know anything about the waitlist, the Next Big Mailing (NBM) is on its way…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Oh, and a probability question.

  

  Admissions counselors make the sexiest models. Check out these t-shirts, which were made by the good folks in LUChA. Awesome. Math question: if Salvador and Amy each read 922 applications,…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 5, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  New York, New York

  

  I’m in New York City now, staying in a hotel a stone’s throw from the New York Stock Exchange (maybe I’ll see fellow MIT alum and NYSE CEO John Thain…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Enrolled 09’s: Watch Your Mailbox I've been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here's the…

  

  I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the Next Big Mailing (NBM®). Here’s the scoop – it’s not sent out by admissions, rather, it’s handled by the ARC –…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 4, 2005
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Note To Prefrosh With Time Machines and/or Good Ideas Don't forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST.

  

  Don’t forget to show up for the Time Traveler Convention this saturday at 10PM EST – East Campus courtyard, or 42:21:36.025N, 71:05:16.332W to be exact. Amal, the guy who organized…

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  College Fair Season

  

  They say, “You snooze, you lose” — Kevin and Daniel beat me to two blog topics today. Kevin posted the New York Times article on MIT President Susan Hockfield, and…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 3, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Welcome MIT Class of 2009!

  

  Happy May 2nd! With the final responses in the mail by today, it will be a little while until all the dust settles and we can tell you more about…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 2, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Time-sensitive matters

  

  Lots of questions waiting to be answered, but for today I’ll just tackle those extremely time-sensitive questions from students still deciding… “Anonymous” wrote, “I have a Q: is MIT gay-friendly?…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Two important reminders

  

  First, from the College Board: The last two registration deadlines for this school year’s final SAT administration on Saturday, June 4, are fast approaching. Today, Friday, April 29, is the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  And So It Ends, And So It Begins May 1 marks the end of this admissions cycle and the beginning of the next.

  

  It’s almost May. For those of us who are not on the waitlist committee, May 1 (really May 2, since May 1 is a Sunday) marks the end of this…

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 29, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  Decisions, Decisions

  

  In yesterday’s entry, I wrote, “With 5 days [now 4 days] until the May 2 postmark deadline, is anyone still making a decision? If so, what are your remaining questions?…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 28, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  5 days to May 2

  

  With 5 days until the May 2 postmark deadline, is anyone still making a decision? If so, what are your remaining questions? What factors are you considering? Leave your thoughts…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 27, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Post-wedding update

  

  So, I’m back in the office after this weekend’s wedding. It was great to catch up with many old friends, and of course to see my old roommate tie the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 26, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Bruno Recalibration

  

  It was 86 degrees F in Boston on Wednesday! A blooming tree in front of the Senior House dormitory Now, I’m in New Jersey for the wedding of an MIT…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 2

  

  Today’s interesting read: Jay Mathews’ Washington Post column on merit aid (free registration required) On to the questions… FWD wrote, “I’m so confused. MIT has a beaver? But so does…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 20, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Multi-Day Weekend at MIT

  

  Now that CPW is over, things are a little less hectic around the office. Mostly, we’re catching up on work, answering individual questions from admitted students (do you have any?…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 15, 2005
• Blog / Study Abroad

  The Cambridge-MIT Exchange

  

  Here’s the long-awaited guest blog entry on the Cambridge-MIT Exchange (CME)! For background on the program, check out the CME website. CME is MIT’s flagship junior year abroad program, allowing…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 14, 2005