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thebookwyrm13

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Apr 30, 2007 21:23

In response to my informing him that I'd be coming to MIT, one of the admissions officers (who also wrote me the personalized note on my acceptance letter way back in December, and whom I met in person at MIT's Prefrosh Weekend) sent me this on Facebook ( Read more... )

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From Laplander anonymous May 1 2007, 18:00:54 UTC

Yay! You have picked your college, and it appears to be the right one.

I'm kinda surprised that he's your facebook friend, I mean, apparently he's really nice! It's good to know that not all admissions officers are mean.

~Laplander

Re: From Laplander spangletigress May 1 2007, 21:23:47 UTC

Why would admissions officers be mean? They want to convince you to apply, offer you all sorts of financial aid and scholarships, and if you're accepted, they want you to enroll! That's not mean at all!

Re: From Laplander thebookwyrm13 May 2 2007, 03:26:04 UTC

Spangle speaketh wisdom.

Also, believe it or not, admissions officers are actually people. One of the reasons I liked MIT's admissions policies was that they are so transparent, and really remind you that, indeed, admissions consists of a bunch of PEOPLE reading your application, not robots who crunch numbers and spit out a reply. (Comments and updates are shut down for the nonce, but you should check out their admissions website, which most prominently features blogs by current students and admissions officers: http://www.mitadmissions.org/.) They accept you because they genuinely want you. Even when they waitlist or reject you, they often genuinely want you; they just have to say no to some kids because there are only so many spots in the freshman class, so they send many of their rejection/waitlist letters with great sadness.

Re: From Laplander anonymous May 2 2007, 15:50:57 UTC

Thank you, Spangle and Book, for telling me this!! I was under the false impression that admission officers where like robots. For once, I'm glad I'm wrong!!

~Laplander

P.S. Wonderful job in Tuesday's concert, by the way. =D

spangletigress May 1 2007, 21:21:46 UTC

I don't do facebook, but I know the feeling. I'm on regular-emails with one of the deans of the BBS at UTD and four professors. You just feel so damned special! And 'tis wonderful!

I'm so happy for you!

OMG I"M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!1 ladyshmi May 4 2007, 00:43:01 UTC

OMG CAROLINE! This is where you ALWAYS talked about going! Im so happy and proud of you! Trust me, I KNOW what a hard decision it was to make-even though mine was choosing between art schools. But guess what...I made my decision and im going to Parsons School of Design in NYC! We'll be on the same coast! YAY!

Do you know you still have to preform an athletic test before you graduate from MIT? Like where they chain you and throw you in a pool?
I learned that when I went to visit Massart in Boston:(

Re: OMG I"M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!1 thebookwyrm13 May 4 2007, 02:05:38 UTC

Thanks! And good for you for making your decision! (Too bad you didn't go to RISD, I could visit you often, but I can visit you in NYC too!)

Haha! Clearly THAT story grew with the telling. There is a swim test that is required to graduate from MIT, but it involves you jumping in the pool and swimming 100 yards without hanging onto the side of the pool. No chains involved. It's really not hard at all - I'll probably get it out of the way during Orientation.