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The Blog is Dead. Long Live the Blog.
This blog is officially closed and will now only exist as an archive of past posts. Please visit the new blog at  http://daniel.mitblogs.com. Read More

posted Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:22 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

The Right Hand DOES know what the Left Hand is Doing...
A couple of other items of interest: For International Freshmen, we are providing copies of your finalized award letters to the ISO directly so that we can produce your I-20.  We are working closely together with the staff of the ISO to make sure this Read More

posted Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:16 AM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

The IDOCs of March
Happy March 15th!  What an exciting week, Pi Day yesterday, the Ides of March today, and St. Patty's day on Thursday (by the way, here in Boston, the local folks get to take the day off on Thursday -- something about an Evacuation Day? -- I don't know, Read More

posted Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:17 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

Once you have your letter...
If the letter from us is an incomplete letter, there may be some forms or requests which we want but with which you aren't familiar.  Let's keep this post as a place for questions about what we are asking.  Post your questions here, and I will try to Read More

posted Saturday, March 12, 2005 11:10 AM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

For Upperclass (Sophomore, Junior, Senior) Students and Transfers
Not sure if any of you reading this blog are current MIT students, or if you are all prospectives, but I thought in the interest of sharing information, I would post a relevant piece about the renewal FAFSA application process for upperclass and transfer Read More

posted Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:26 AM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

It's February 8th... Do you know where your FAFSA is?
Well, its about three weeks (and a day) before our priority application deadline for financial aid for Freshmen, and I just wanted to offer one more reminder to all of you that your applications are due very soon. If you are not sure if we have received Read More

posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:02 AM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

Seeing double? Time for a visit with the IDOC.
It's that time of year:  where we try to operate in 2 years simultaneously. First of all, students arrive back on campus next week in time to start the 2nd semester of the 2004-2005 year.  It's been a terrific IAP, despite the unusual overabundance of Read More

posted Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:39 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

Is your PIN broken? How do you fix it?
So, as of December 26th, the Federal government added some new complexities to the PIN.  Now the PIN has challenge questions and a notification not to share your PIN with anyone.  If you created your PIN very recently, this is a no-brainer since you took Read More

posted Wednesday, December 29, 2004 5:01 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

PROFILE questions?
Similar to the FAFSA question post below, this post serves as your opportunity to ask any questions related to your completion of the CSS Financial Aid PROFILE.  Post your question here and I will check in regularly to answer any questions.  Like below, Read More

posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 5:53 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

FAFSA Questions?
Given that the financial aid application season is now upon us, this section is for you to ask any questions related to the completion of the FAFSA.  I will attempt to check in here regularly and answer any of your questions.  Remember that the earliest Read More

posted Tuesday, December 28, 2004 5:51 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

T minus 8 and counting
So, January 1st marks the official kick-off of the Federal Financial Aid application season for 2005-2006.  Are you ready? In eight short days (on January 1st) the FAFSA web site kicks off and you can start your Federal application for student aid online. Read More

posted Saturday, December 25, 2004 7:53 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)

Waiting on PINs and PROFILEs
Well, I have just returned from a very refreshing dip in the pool.  MIT's aquatics facility is beautiful.  If you are a swimmer, the Z center pool is perfect in every way:  refreshing, well-maintained, always open for lap swimmers, I find it a great place Read More

posted Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:54 PM by barkowitz (Comments Off)