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False Precision ...and the advent of the cherry pie scale
some colloquially refer to as the duKor-Jackson scale, even though my
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Blog / Admissions
Shoulder Season Treat 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… -
Blog / Announcements
Reaching for the STARS* *Small Town And Rural Students
Today, (April 4, 2023), marks the public launch of the STARS (Small Town and Rural Students) College Network, a collaborative effort of a select group of 16 colleges and universities,… -
Blog / Academics & Research
What Are We Waiting For answer: FPOPs to begin!
DPH: Discover PreHealth DU: Discover UROP FAP: Freshman Arts Program -
Blog / Academics & Research
Sixth Sense No, I don't see dead people.
out! It's pretty awesome: https://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense?language=en -
Blog / Announcements
Be a Blogger 2023!
world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_AfLEXdUMI livestream of Ceri and -
Blog / Academics & Research
[Guest Post] Olivia S. ‘20 en Monterrey teaching algorithmic thinking to girls in México
While some of us have spent the first week of freedom from classes doing essentially nothing (I’m @ing myself), other MIT students have hit the ground running with meaningful projects… -
Blog / MIT Life
The Return of QBert Whack-a-mole, a piano player, and a whole lot of fun. All in 24 hours or…
. So Saturday afternooon, I was en-route to a surprise dinner with my -
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,… -
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 -
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 -
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… -
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 -
Blog / Events
How about an eπ Reunion?
terms of Vegas elegance. We saw Cirque du Soleil's "O" (the one with the 1 -
Blog / How to Food
IAP Cooking a journey of uncooked pasta and cold pho
-chasing-the-origins-of-the-original-pink-cookie/article_01ee1e10-d03b-5736-8f0d-83af8c435aba.html"]Who would've thought ... : as a bystander, witnessing this was stressful af"]I chose to crack an -
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 -
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 -
Blog / Classes
On IAP A time for P E R S O N A L P R O J…
you count geometry, which I don't -_-). I'm gonna be busy af next -
Blog / Classes
chaos and an exam that I technically failed irl deus ex machina
gave us a breakdown of how our grades would translate to the A-F letter -
Blog / About Decisions
From The Midst Of Selection A recount of EA selection committee.
. This concludes our five days af artery poisoning.) A lot of stuff will