2008 iTest over. Whew. What a roller coaster.

Huge numbers in terms of our competition's reach, which I'll release later in the week. Advertising on Facebook worked very well for us.

Feedback starting to come in. The noise of students mad about missing this or misinterpreting that will start to fade in the next 24 hours, and we should have a better idea of where the iTest stands in mathematics (not that that is determined by feedback, but we always like to get criticism, both good and bad).

My feeling is that the iTest is now very close to fulfilling the original vision of a worldly, diverse, robust team-based mathematics experience. I am very happy with the content of this year's exam and the overall flow of the competition, and am interested to hear the response.

The 2008 iTest begins in right at an hour, at 7 PM Central.

This exam is the iTest's best academic product, ever, by far. And we've released some excellent product over the years.

Congratulations to Mathew Crawford and Ivy League undergrads Adam Hesterberg and Zach Abel for a job well done in getting this thing written and edited. And thanks again to Southern Company for sponsoring the iTest organization this year.

It's such a strange dichotomy being involved in a video game startup as well as an academic non-profit. Good balance I guess.

Sometime soon, take a look over at www.theitest.com at the 2008 iTest exam. It is definitely worth checking out.