Shoulder Season Treat by David duKor-Jackson
A little something for rising seniors to jump-start their exploration of MIT
I have heard the term “Shoulder Season” to characterize the time between peak and off-peak travel seasons, and the fleetingly brief periods of time here in the Northeast between heating and cooling seasons (or vice versa). I am, however, going to co-op the term to also apply to the time when the Admissions office isn’t quite finished working with the current crop of graduating seniors but is also engaged with the the next group of rising seniors (and other underclass students) who are anxious to get a start on the college exploration process.
For that later group I have a little treat… OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. I don’t know that it is remotely treat like, even though it has pretty effectively compiled my best advice over the years into an easily digestible and utterly listenable 51 minutes.
Recently, I had the privilege and pleasure of sitting down with Dr. John Durante, a parent, educator, author, and host of the College Admissions Process Podcast. We had a great conversation about MIT, our selection process and how we are thinking about changes on the horizon of the college admissions landscape. It is definitely worth checking out, if I don’t say so myself.
I will point out that the podcast episode that I appear in is #297, so there are many, many other great discussions that one could also explore. If you go all that way back to episode #260 from October 28, 2024, you can even hear from one of MIT’s former Director of Admissions extolling the virtues of the Liberal Arts.
Happy listening.