The prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology admissions office announced its plans for accepting students into the freshman class of 2019 on Sunday with an interesting video. After completing a form, a professorial type puts it in a silver tube and leaves it in a warehouse. Then this guy picks it up:
This is an admissions delivery drone, a hypothetical electronic beast dreamed up by the admissions office to promote the coming admissions cycle for the class of 2019. Applicants eager to find out whether their’s is an acceptance, a denial, or a wait-listed status will find out on a rather appropriate day next week:
MIT Regular Action admissions decisions will be available online on Saturday, March 14, 2015, beginning at 9:26 AM ET.
Read as 3/14/15 9:26, that’s the first eight digits of Pi. Oh, and Saturday, March 15 is “Pi Day” — just in case you didn’t already know.
(MIT Admissions via BostInno)