May 11, 2007

Shocking Admission

By ERIC HOOVER and SIERRA MILLMAN

A popular dean at MIT lied about her credentials, but her message resonated with many supporters

Marilee Jones did not talk like most admissions deans. For one, she could talk longer than any of them. Many questions got her rolling. What was her stand on the growth of early decision? Was test preparation a bad thing? What about the growing popularity of Advanced Placement courses?

She would answer, in long, winding paragraphs, that many admissions policies and trends were

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