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BACK TO THE INTERVIEW BEAT

Today is my first of season interview with an applicant for admission to MIT.

The 2012-13 school year. Can you imagine? What happened to the aughties?

S/he is the first of a list of fifteen. Some will not interview, others will not go to the stage of admission required prior to an interview.

I am up for it now. This is the fourth year.

I like it. It gives me contact with the next generation which is not as different than it thinks it is, all the newfangled googling gadgets and all. IPads and networks.

They are still the same kids. The age of two of my grandchildren.

They are smart. Achievers. But that doesn't make them much different either.

What amazes me is that I sit before these versions of me fifty years ago and am struck with timelessness.

You know. The more things change the more they stay the same.

Well, the tuition is changed. These kids will pay $38,000. I paid 900 a year. And that does not match the inflation rate.

Pricey.

But they give a lot of student aid. More than I had, actually.

But the kids? Still the same. They look like Paul, Dick and my first boyfriend Edwin. This guy looks a bit like me.

I am on my way now.

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