Some Notes

Some Notes Today is the first day of final exam week at MIT. [read more: schedule] 800+ students alums came to Kresge Auditorium last night to watch Randal Pinkett PhD 01 win the TV show The Apprentice. [read more: MITAA, Melis] ESPN.coms Page 2 mocks MITs football team [read more: Page 2] while the mens basketball team heads into the break with a 7-1 record [read more: MITAthletics] So, Summer got a 2300 on her SATs. In the fictional world of The OC, colleges might have quotas for particular high schools, but at MIT we admit the best students, regardless of who else is applying from a particular school. Dressing like a pirate, though, does earn you bonus points. [read more: TWoP] Marilee was quoted in a recent Bloomberg News article on stress college admissions [read more: Bloomberg] The latest Harvard Business Review has a neat interview with Prof. Henry Jenkins about video games and the workplace. [read more: HBR] Taiwans Quanta Computer Inc will manufacture the $100 Laptop. [read more: Slashdot, Taipei Times] The New York Times has an article on the length of the new SAT. Some students and counselors think it is too long. What do you think? [read more: NYTimes] Update for deferred students coming tomorrow. [read more: tomorrow]