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  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
• Blog / Admissions

  Did the quadratic formula explode?

  

  In one of the 28 (and counting!) responses to my last post, Kelly wrote, “I just wish the bloggers themselves posted more.” Well, there have been several things holding me…

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

  App Reading In The Western ‘Burbs The little towns west of Cambridge are filled with history and charm, and are surprisingly…

  

  I have been reading applications for 5 days in a row. Well, I took Thursday off (it was a holiday for MIT people). But Weds, Fri, Sat, and now Sunday.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 14, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  I don’t want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida… but it’s snowing here, and it is beautiful. I’m overlooking this winter wonderland as I’m reading applications today,…

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

  New Portlets? Just throwin' some ideas around.

  

  New portlets are coming soon. Not sure how soon, but as soon as I can manage to sequester a few minutes of Quinton’s schedule, you’ll see them in the portal.…

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 8, 2004
• Blog / Admissions

  The reading season begins

  

  I came into my office on Friday and guess what was waiting for me? That’s right — the first completed folders of the year. The brown folders are your complete…

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

  (Q & A)^n

  

  Like many of you, I stayed up quite late watching the election returns come in. I had many election-watching options to choose from, including the Tremulant concert at TT the…

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 3, 2004