Quick updates

Quick updates EA Admits: Hopefully, you got Daves email about the admitted student event this Thursday at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. I hope youll be there! If you didnt get the email or lost it, let me know in the comments (leave your email address) and Ill get the information to you. It should be fun and useful, and I know Paul 12 and Hamsika 13 are excited for it. RA applicants: I know youre all anxious for Regular Action decisions, but Im sorry to say that I dont have any announcements about a decision date yet. As always, I promise to let you know as soon as I can hopefully soon! In the mean time, the Admissions committee continues to work towards Regular Action decisions. All applicants/admits: If you havent yet, you should submit your financial aid application as soon as possible. Math ninjas: [via AoPS/rrusczyk] Youd probably enjoy Street-Fighting Mathematics on OpenCourseWare. iPhone owners: MIT released its iPhone app. Its most useful for current students, but has some goodies for everyone. learn more | download Sports fans: The MIT Mens Varsity Basketball team once again made the NCAA (Division III) tournament! You can follow all of the news on the official and unofficial pages. Debate fans: The MIT Debate Team of Adam Goldstein 10 and Bill Magnuson 09 won the North American Debating Championships regarded as the most prestigious debate tournament in North America by defeating McGill University in the finals. MIT also won the Championship in 2003; MIT, Yale, and Toronto are the only three schools to have won multiple titles in the past decade. J-pop fans: Ive been reading MIT applications long enough to know that some of you will be super-excited to learn that Hikaru Utada was hanging around MIT, getting ice cream with Prof. Ian Condry. (If you are among those who are excited, you wil probably enjoy Prof. Condrys course Japanese Popular Culture, being taught on Tuesdays and Thursdays this term) Quick updates The Class of 2010 is beginning to take shape. We know some replies are still in the mail, but were excited about the Class so far! Ill provide some data about the Mittens (MIT-Tens, as coined by Stephanie in the comments) as soon as I can. Also, I do expect that next years freshman class government will sell shirts or hoodies with MMX or MITMMX on it (props to Elliot!). As for the waitlist, well be making decisions about if we will be using the waitlist, and, if so, how many people well be looking to take off the waitlist. As of right now, its too early to know anything, but I will make an announcement one way or the other when I can. Regardless, if you are on the waitlist and hope to be taken off of the waitlist, now is a good time to be in touch, whether by email, phone, or whatever. Most enrolling students should expect the Next Big Mailing sometime next week. When I get a chance, Ill post telling you whats in there. In the meantime, start thinking about what you want your MIT email address to be More updates soon. Quick updates A few quick things today: We have admitted 16 transfer students for the fall semester. More info and data on that when I know more. If you havent gotten the NBM, please email the Orientation Office at orientation-www at mit dot edu. They know more than we do at this point. I have, unfortunately, once again fallen far behind on my email. Aplogies if youre waiting for a reply. Ditto on the comments/Questions Omnibus. Its still quite busy here! It is Finals Week for students at MIT. Good luck, everyone! Great entry by Mollie. Did you know that an MIT student is the No. 1 Scrabble player in the country? Did you know he also plays on the MIT Varsity Golf Team? Thats all for now. More updates as time allows