First Day of Classes!

First Day of Classes! Today is the first day of the Fall Semester at MIT, and thus is the first day of classes ever for the MIT Class of 2014. The past couple of weeks at MIT have been Orientation for the incoming students they have met each other, chosen dorms, picked classes, joined student clubs, tried out for a cappella groups, played sports, and more. The formal welcome to the class is the Freshman Convocation, where the freshman class is addressed by the faculty and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Would you like to see the Convocation? Check it out: MIT Tech TV We have published the incoming freshman class profile. Here it is: Incoming Freshman Class Profile For the MIT class of 2014 Gender Male 55% Female 45% Ethnicity Citizenship US Citizens Permanent Residents: 92% African American 9% Asian American 26% Caucasian 39% Hispanic 13% Mexican American 6% Puerto Rican 3% Other Hispanic groups 4% Native American 1% Other/No Response 3% International citizens 8.7% Geography New England 13% Mid-Atlantic 19% Southeast PR 16% Midwest Plains States 13% South/Southwest 8% West Coast 18% Abroad 13% States represented 48 Countries represented 54 Schooling Public school 67% Private school 17% Religious school 8% Foreign school 7% Home schooled 1% High Schools represented 796 Just for fun Most popular boy name: David Most popular girl name: Elizabeth Longest distance traveled: Brisbane, Australia Least distance traveled: Cambridge, MA The only two US states not represented: Montana and New Mexico The most represented US state: California