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No movies today or tomorrow. I have to do the last two of my MIT applicant interviews. Then I am done.

The deadline for setting up an interview is over, my reports have to be in January 1st.

I am glad to be at the end of it for this year. Well, I am glad to see the end of it every year. I start with great enthusiasm and then, over time, it wanes. I think this is natural. The work is not difficult but it is intensive. Try mostly listening to someone for an hour. Not much input from you.

I am fine with the garrulous and energetic. It is the comparative sluggards that are a drain. I had one last week.

I will start this new afresh. Look for something new that I haven't either asked or heard about before.

The one that I am about to see has turned in nothing. No first application, no transcripts, no test scores. Nothing.

That will be interesting. What the fuck? Usually they are rarin' to go. Ahead of themselves.

I will be the first tic mark on his list of steps required to get into the school.

Tomorrow is a guy who applied for early action which means that his interview is worthless if he was accepted today, the day for early action.

I don't hear until a day later.

But if he was "not admitted" meaning "rejected" then there is no point. On the other hand if he is deferred, it might be the best thing that could happen for him. Well, it will be a good thing he got the interview. He is with an advocacy outfit that manages admissions for impoverished kids so, usually, I don't get to see them. They don't circumvent the process but they have already had interviews with someone else.

I will show up. Actually, I may get informed about the earlies later today. If so, I can see through the fog a little bit.

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