She's Back! Marilee Jones disgraced at MIT in 2007 reinvents herself ... again!

[richs73cas]

<p>[Two</a> Years Later, Former Head of Admissions Is a Freelance College Advisor - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N53/marilee.html]Two”>http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N53/marilee.html)

Marilee Jones, who resigned as dean of admissions in April 2007 after admitting she had lied about her academic credentials on her resume, has forged a new life for herself after MIT. . . .
Through her business, Jones said she has been advising parents on how to support their children in their college application processes.</p>

<p>“I am not an independent counselor,” said Jones. “I don’t help kids get into college, but I show parents how to behave around their children … I support parents so they don’t screw up their kids.”. . .
Jones said that about 50 people contact her for advice each month and that most of her work is pro bono, but some customers pay her by the hour.</p>

<p>She is trying to restart her public speaking career and is writing a second book. (Her first one, titled Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond, was published in 2006.) . . .
Jones was publicly asked to resign after MIT administrators discovered that her claims to three degrees on her resume from her initial application to MIT were false.

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<p>Wonder how she can tell applicants to not lie on their applications with a straight face ;)</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>Marilee’s site includes testimonials from satisfied customers including:

“I wanted you to know first. I have been promoted to Dean of Admissions. There is no question that this would not have happened without your guidance and mentorship and I want to thank you for everything you have given me.”
Dean of Admissions, MA

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<p>The Trustees of the Institution that hired this “Dean”, probably should do a through verification check of the degrees earned, listed on the resume, if Marilee was a guide and mentor to the “Dean” in preparing the resume. :)</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>Here’s the thread that reported Marilee’s “embellishments” back in April of 2007</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/336353-mit-admissions-dean-resigns-over-resume-fraud-ouch.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/336353-mit-admissions-dean-resigns-over-resume-fraud-ouch.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Funny that her consulting firm has “Tru” in its name - </p>

<p>But maybe it makes sense after all -</p>

<ul>
<li> its not the whole Truth, just TRU - part of the truth. </li>
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<p>Does that make it false??</p>

[phuriku]

<p>It’s kind of amazing how people stick with someone to the end because of their personality despite their deeds. Yes, you could claim that she helps out families by encouraging them to act appropriately, but that’s kind of like Bush being commended on giving an anti-war speech.</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>In 2006 Marilee Jones spoke to her daughter’s class, advising them to, “create your own reality”.

guest speaker and Concord resident Marilee Jones shared with the seniors her own two rules for finding happiness and success in life. As the dean of admissions at MIT - and parent of graduating senior Nora Bussolari - Jones advised the class to “create your own reality” and & “give out what you want to get back.” When the graduates enter college in the fall, she said, they should take time each day to imagine what they would like to achieve there and then pull that into being." ;
“What you put out in that world comes right back to you,” ; she said. “So, if you want to be happy and successful, you just put that out into the world. You act as if you are already. And guess what? You will attract to you people who will reinforce that image. You will be happy and successful. It’s so simple.”

[Grads</a> told happiness is ‘so simple’ - Concord, MA - The Concord Journal](<a href=“http://www.wickedlocal.com/concord/fun/entertainment/arts/x563285521]Grads”>http://www.wickedlocal.com/concord/fun/entertainment/arts/x563285521)</p>

[mom2sons]

<p>This has got to be the definition of irony! It’s amazing to me how anyone can trust the advice of this woman.</p>

[monstor344]

<p>Was this the same woman who perpetuated the image of the Asian “textureless math grind”? What a wonderful woman.</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>Hi monstor344, </p>

<p>Yes apparently it was Marilee Jones who is more than willing to dismiss an Asian student as, “yet another textureless math grind”.</p>

<p>Following quote from the MIT Tech [Student’s</a> Race Complaint Undecided For Princeton - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N10/affirmativeaction.html]Student’s”>http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N10/affirmativeaction.html)

In Daniel Golden’s The Price of Admissions, MIT Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones said, “It’s possible that Henry Park looked like a thousand other Korean kids with the exact same profile of grades and activities and temperament … yet another textureless math grind.”</p>

<p>Jones was unavailable for comment on the Li issue.

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<p>Wonderful woman indeed. :rolleyes:</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>Marilee Jones statement April 26, 2007</p>

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"I have resigned as MIT’s Dean of Admissions because very regrettably, I misled the Institute about my academic credentials.</p>

<p>"I misrepresented my academic degrees when I first applied to MIT 28 years ago and did not have the courage to correct my resume when I applied for my current job or at any time since.</p>

<p>"I am deeply sorry for this and for disappointing so many in the MIT community and beyond who supported me, believed in me, and who have given me extraordinary opportunities.</p>

<p>"I especially apologize to the Institute’s leadership and to my extraordinary staff, whom I have every confidence will continue to deliver on the Institute’s mission.</p>

<p>“This is the only public comment I wish to make at this personally difficult time and I hope my privacy will be respected.”

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<p>By trying to cash in on her notoriety, it seems to me, that she has forfeited any expectation of a right to privacy. :mad:</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>Here she speaks freely to the NY Times about everything, except her fraud at MIT</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/education/08jones.html?_r=1&hpw[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/education/08jones.html?_r=1&hpw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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From the day she resigned, April 26, 2007, Ms. Jones went silent, cutting off contact with most of her colleagues at M.I.T. and in other admissions offices, and not responding to messages.</p>

<p>“I dropped off the grid, on purpose,” she said in a recent interview. “I needed time to reground and heal.” . . .</p>

<p>Ms. Jones still will not discuss what happened at M.I.T., or how her lies unraveled. “I’ve put that behind me,” she said.
. . .
Ms. Jones said that she had never read a single word of the news coverage of her resignation
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“Ultimately, this is about facing ourselves.”

Marilee apparently only thinks privacy is important in covering up her lies.</p>

<p>But she unwittingly reveals her biggest problem in the final quote in the article.</p>

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“Ultimately, this is about facing ourselves.”

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<p>Marilee Jones, when are you going to face yourself ?!?! :eek: :eek: :eek:</p>

[richs73cas]

<p>Link to Thread in the Parents Forum
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/823602-marilee-jones-starts-second-act.html?highlight=Marilee+Jones[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/823602-marilee-jones-starts-second-act.html?highlight=Marilee+Jones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;