MIT Decision Day: 2 Weeks Early This Year

Matt McGann just posted on the MIT Admissions blog that admission decisions would be posted online on Saturday 3/14, at 1:59 pm.

At first I scratched my head. This is more than two weeks early! How does an overloaded admissions department get through all those applications and accelerate their decision by this much?

Once I read the comments, and Matt's post more carefully it became clear. He wrote:

"Receiving your decision online is as easy as pi. When decisions are released Saturday at 1:59pm"

Hmmm... easy as pi. 3/14 at 1:59...

3.14159 = pi. :-)

Clever these MIT guys... Happy pi day! (at least for those smart and lucky enough to be admitted.)