Opinion
Why the career fair is a disappointment
Editor’s Note: This column original ran on Sept. 20, 2013, the day of the Fall Career Fair.
Opinion
Why the career fair is a disappointment
When I applied to MIT in 2012, I pictured a brilliant haven filled with talented, driven, and passionate young people, striving to learn and apply their knowledge to solve the world’s greatest problems. Across this square mile of Cambridge, I pictured ten thousand minds working toward global improvement, and an institute that wants nothing more than to see its students facilitate change. At the time, being able to join this community seemed like a remote possibility.