From Marilee Jones, former admission dean of MIT. She is a visiting blogger for the US News, and this is a great article to read over the holidays and as applications are due and word starts trickling in. Check it out HERE.

PS: Marilee Jones was in the news quite a bit last year as she resigned from MIT due to the institution learning that her educational resume was….well, incorrect, shall we say? By all accounts, however, Marilee was a great admission dean.