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MIT applications look for human 'beings'.(Newswatch)
When it comes to college applications, the emphasis on "doings" greatly outweighs information that the applicant is a human being. Massachusetts Institute of Technology dean of admission Marilee Jones is trying to change that.
The mother of a high school student, she thinks high school students should enjoy life more and take time to reflect on what they're doing and why they're doing it. The MIT application she designed asks students to "Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it."
Elite schools like MIT are guilty of encouraging students to do too much and be perfect at everything, Jones believes. The result is students who are stressed out and have turned into "human doings instead of human beings." To stem the tide, "We have to do our part, or we'll have no moral authority," she said.
Jones came to MIT in 1978 with bachelor's and master's degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY, expecting a lab job. Instead she jumped at the ...
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