For weeks Marilee Jones has rehearsed the words. The night she stands before an audience once again, she will share some advice on applying to college. She will describe how growth comes from failure.

The Force is hopefully with Massachusetts Institute of Technology applicants, who learned this week thanks to a familiar droid when the university will be announcing who got accepted. Subscribe to ...

Marilee Jones, one of the nation’s most prominent admissions officers, resigned as dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week after admitting that she had falsified her ...