<p>Doing a little math on today's Tech article, it appears that the admit rate for males was 6.0%...or, worse than 1 out of 16.</p>
<p>from the Tech: "The applicant pool was more competitive this year; there was a 22 percent increase in academic star applicants and a 62 percent increase in non-academic star applicants according to an e-mail sent to Educational Counselors which was posted yesterday to a College Confidential forum."</p>
<p>Maybe MITmathalum should change his handle to DeepThroat.</p>
<p>Oops. Whatever. It's turning out to be not that big of a deal (thankfully).</p>
<p>haha i read that too, today. now we all know that the admission people at MIT are addicted to CC, as well.</p>
<p>Didn't you know that before? :) </p>
<p>Ben doesn't read as often as he used to, but Matt lurks. (Hi Matt!)</p>
<p>Mollieb, I'm betting Ducktape has a job blogging for Admissions by the beginning of October... :)</p>
<p>AHH DON'T SAY ANYTHING YOU'LL JYNX IT!!</p>
<p>Seriously. Let's not discuss it. It makes me nervous.</p>
<p>That, and I resent it being inferred that I'm addicted to CC. I'm only on here too much for my own good. ;)</p>
<p>hahaha see I told her that too :P I propose that as a way to overcome the burton/conner problem, since ducktape and other bloggers seem to have BC tendencies, they make the limit of 3 apply to each dorm separately--3 bloggers from the burton half, 3 bloggers from the conner half. Problem solved :D</p>
<p>Lol, ducktape, if you don't then I'm going to protest. Bballdude, too. =D</p>
<p>Don't worry, guys, I'm on the blogger selection committee. ;)</p>
<p>Oh, gee, that makes me feel so much better.</p>
<p>/sarcasm</p>
<p>But for serious, I do think that the max per dorm should be 4 (1 per class) and we should have an EA blogger round so someone's blogging orientation ala 2 years ago. Just a thought.</p>
<p>And please note that I've never actually explicitly stated that I'm applying, so let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. :)</p>
<p>Haha EA blogger round. That'd be funny. I think blogger admissions are going to be very competitive this year. Goes to show that the MIT blogs are amazing if so many people want to be a part of it. </p>
<p>I can't wait to go to the Meet the Bloggers event. Mollie will you be there? I know you graduated, but still doesn't hurt to ask.</p>
<p>bballdude,
MIT will accept 11.6% of their Blogger applicants. :D</p>
<p>10 applicants = 1.6 bloggers? That could get a little tricky.</p>
<p>"OK, you're only allowed to blog with 60% of your brain and by typing with your left hand and foot,.You may also use your right big toe if necessary, but no more of the right foot shall be used."</p>
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<li><p>I'm definitely going to be at CPW registration on the Thursday morning of CPW. I haven't heard what time the blogger party will be, but I will try to make it -- it's always fun.</p></li>
<li><p>I can't say for sure without getting out my spreadsheet, but I think last year there really were ~30-40 blogger applications, and we picked 4. If you're interested, you should think about starting a blog now, or, if you have a protected blog, about writing some entries that can be seen by the public.</p></li>
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<p>Lol CountingDown. "This was the most competitive year in history of the Institute's blogger admissions."</p>
<p>Nice ducktape. Blogging...Twister style!</p>
<p>Is registration going to be hectic? I can't wait to go and frolic around campus. hee hee...</p>
<p>Ducktape,
That is the first engineering problem you get to solve at MIT! :)</p>
<p>Mollieb,
Holy cow...so 11.6% isn't that far off!!!</p>
<p>Oh, I have a solution! We can build a robot blogger. Robots = 0.6 Humans right? That's fair enough I would say.</p>
<p>I have a semi-random question. </p>
<p>So... I didn't apply for financial aid. My parents can pay for college, and all is well there. However, at some point during my MIT career, I may want to get a job on campus--for example, a paid UROP or maybe a job in the bookstore. My mom was talking to a friend of hers yesterday who told her that since I didn't apply for financial aid I couldn't get either of those jobs (or if I did get a UROP, it wouldn't be a paid one, I guess). Is that true?</p>
<p>I think you're fine. Here's the site regarding UROP funding: MIT's</a> UROP: Basic Information > Participation Modes. I think the only difference is guaranteed direct funding for one semester for scholarship recipients (so says the "Direct UROP Funding" link on that page).</p>
<p>I'm sure other people here can back this up with first hand experience, but I don't see a reason why you'd be denied pay, especially if your supervisor has the funds.</p>