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• Blog / Advice

  Parental advice, revisited… a self-referential throwback, that is somehow, still relevant

  

  I often receive requests for advice about the college process. It makes sense, given my role.  Many of those requests, understandably, come from prospective students.  Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly,…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 12, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  snapshot of the last two weeks picture of my brain

  

  civic media THING I SAW: data visualization by web du bois THING I MADE

  • by Allan K. '17
  • July 1, 2016
• Blog / About Decisions

  As we hurtle towards Pi Day… A post of posts.

  

  -eyed David duKor-Jackson, March 13, 2012: To whom much is given... Lydia K

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • March 12, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  Holding out for a piece of Pi because there wasn't enough to go around the first time

  

  Over a week has passed since Pi day, and the reality of the MIT admission decisions should certainly be sinking in by now. For those offered admission, there is a…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 26, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW, via Video Experience (or relive) Campus Preview Weekend through online videos.

  

  , but here's another video with Jacob's act, at the Festival Mondial du

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 16, 2008
• Blog / Events

  How about an eπ Reunion?

  

  terms of Vegas elegance. We saw Cirque du Soleil's "O" (the one with the 1

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 27, 2004
• Blog / Academics & Research

  three things i made recently lasers, radio, and a chocolate chip cookie loaf

  

  theatre called "Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight". emilie du châtelet was a french physicist and philosopher who is generally

  • by Allan K. '17
  • February 15, 2017
• Blog / Blogs That Aren't in English

  Est-ce que je suis prêt? Peut-être. Je dédie ce post aux chatons, parce qu'ils sont trop mignons à se noyer :(

  

  , revenons à nos moutons. Je veux écrire un peu au sujet du dernier week-end. C ... . Moi, j’ai mangé du saumon et de la purée, mais je n'ai pas pris de photo

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 21, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  The Song Remains The Same But sometimes my blog entry is a little different.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Messaien's glorious, transcendent "Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps" was written while the composer was a prisoner of war in a ... everybody in the world using the formal "Sie" rather than the informal "du

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  What is the value of college? Food for thought in your college search

  

  I spent the beginning of this week in the company of a select group of college enrollment leaders and college counselors from across the country and around the world. Spending…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 21, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  “What the hell is water?” Thinking about and understanding your own context…

  

  In his 2005 commencement address to the graduates and assembled guests at Kenyon College, noted author David Foster Wallace began… “There are these two young fish swimming along and they…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • August 27, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  There is still no magic formula ...but there are a few key ingredients

  

  My entire professional life has revolved around education and college admissions.  Even though I have observed many changes, including the transition from an entirely paper-based process (featuring typed or hand-written…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  on being seen ...and why that might be important

  

  I have been absent from the blogs for the better part of eight years.  My absence is easy to explain though, having left the Institute to work more closely with…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • May 31, 2020
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Attended the 148th Commencement From two thousand eight hundred eighty miles away

  

  .      Ellen Kullman, the first woman CEO and current CEO of DuPont, was

  • by Erick P. '17
  • June 8, 2014
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Reflections from the “other side” of the desk Even when you are gone, you can't really get away

  

  It has only been a couple of months since I left MIT Admissions for a college counseling position in Providence, RI.  While I am no longer an official member of…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Kick . . . start

  

  MIT alum Matt DuPlessie. Each year Matt gives back a little to MIT by

  • by Snively '11
  • June 8, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Perfect Match? because the right CPW host can make a huge difference...

  

  While many of our students have known for a quite some time that MIT is where they wanted to be, others were less certain. Some may even have thought that…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 30, 2012
• Blog / About Decisions

  The Trouble with External Validation Which came first? The admit or the awesome...

  

  Within the last few weeks, early action applicants received their admission decisions and the last of the regular action candidates clicked “submit” as the January 1 deadline came and went. For…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • January 9, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Parental Advice Sometimes you just need to get out of the way

  

  I have known for some time that my approach to things can be unconventional.  You don’t have to look any further than how I parent to really get a good…

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • September 11, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Springtime for Interns in Germany Watch out, Europe: I'm going on tour.

  

  people "du," and other important things. The theme ingredient of my week

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 27, 2006