<p>When do we get our pre-orientation decision if you signed up for it?</p>
<p>From what I read, I think it will be late July.</p>
<p>Uhh... I called today and got the machine... I really hope it's not July; I need to know when to book plane tickets.</p>
<p>Is the program first-come-first-serve, or is it based on a combination of timing and your responses? I vaguely recall it being solely based on when you submit the form, but the essay responses made me wonder about their acceptance scheme. </p>
<p>On that note, what type of responses did people submit? I haven't completed mine and I'm wondering how much effort I should put into the short-answer/essay responses.</p>
<p>I will make a correction of my statement above. I just checked the website; the essays are due on June 16th, and you will get your response on June 21st!!!!</p>
<p>That makes me much more relieved.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, where on the site did you find that we get FPOP results by june 21? I can't find a date at all... and what about Advising Seminars - do you know when we find out about those? <em>jitters impatiently</em></p>
<p>It was here (<a href="http://mit.edu/orientation/fpop/app.html%5B/url%5D">http://mit.edu/orientation/fpop/app.html</a>) when I checked it two days ago. Hmm, it's weird, the website took the announcement date "June 21" off the site. It still says that the essays are due on the 16th, but "June 21" was no longer on the site...maybe they need longer time to select students from the essays? If the date does change, I'm guessing you will still be notified by the end of June.</p>