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  Stress

  

  Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out… Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 16, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  More on deferrals

  

  So, if you’ve been deferred, you may be asking, “What now?” First, you should know that at MIT, a deferral isn’t just a “polite rejection.” Your application will once again…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 15, 2004
• Blog / About Decisions

  The waiting is the hardest part

  

  I can see from the comments that many of you are, quite understandably, very anxious. I’ve seen this twice a year for the past four years of being an admissions…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 13, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Everyday Is Like Sunday

  

  While there’s no delivery of post today, I can assure you that the good men & women of the United States Postal Service are even as I write moving your…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 12, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Late Night Thoughts On You Guys & This Whole Process Each of you is going to make the world a better place, whether or not…

  

  I’ve been thinking about something since I left work today, and felt compelled to log it here before hitting the sack… Please, please, don’t take the MIT admissions decision as…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 11, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Letters Are In The Mail You are an incredible group of people, both academically and personally.

  

  Well, you heard it here first. The letters are in the mail. For the record, I can’t believe what an incredible group of people you are, both academically and personally.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Decision letters mailed

  

  — EDITED 12/11/04 09:50 AM EST — The postman picking up all 383 Admit Letters… Actually, this photo only shows about half of the admit letters, as overall there were…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Athletics

  Odds & ends

  

  Odds & ends… December 9, 9pm MIT Intramural C League Ice Hockey Aero/Astro 6 MIT Alumni Club of Boston 1 Alumni goal: David Kravitz For all you anime fans, a…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 10, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Summer days, driftin’ away

  

  A parent posted a great comment on my last entry, with too much to talk about for one entry (especially since I have a hockey game to play in quite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 9, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Share the joy

  

  The selection process continues here, and there’s not much I can update you on at this point. We work towards solidifying our early action admits and mailing the early action…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  Selection can be pretty mentally taxing, so luckily the days tend to be shorter (ending ~4pm) and we get breaks when we need them. During one of the breaks today,…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 2

  

  With a difficult day and a half of selection behind me, I’m looking forward to watching “The Incredibles” tonight and not thinking about Admissions (and taking off the tie that…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 4, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection

  

  Quick update: Right now, the “committee room” (room 10-100, converted for the purpose) is very quiet, but in 2 hours it will be abuzz: selection of the Class of 2009…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 3, 2004
• Blog / Events

  President Susan Hockfield

  

    To: “All Members of the MIT Community” From: “Kathryn A. Willmore” Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:06:22 -0500 Subject: Welcome Reception for Susan Hockfield   To all members of…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 1, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  And then Trogdor smote the Kerrek

  

  I almost forgot: for you regular action folks, the deadline to contact your interviewer is tomorrow (December 1). Check out my post from about this time for early action for…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 30, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Trp

  

  Thanksgiving was a beautiful day here on the East Coast — I watched the Macy’s parade in a tee shirt. Actually, since that one snowfall, the weather has been quite…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  2,822 applications

  

  So, after two entries that seemed to relax people a bit, I do need to come back with a reality check: It was reported today that we received 2,822 early…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I’m in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading right now, but I thought I’d take a quick break to tell you a little…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  P(Happy Chanukah)

  

  This morning, a productive time reading 8 (mostly excellent) applications. This afternoon, a less productive time dealing with bureaucracy. Unfortunately, I brought the bureaucracy on myself. Many good questions have…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Speaking of mu…

  

  I love MIT, because starting a sentence with “Speaking of mu…” doesn’t get you looked at funny. A quick rundown of tonight’s activities: I love living in a city, if…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 17, 2004