"MIT Idol"--What do you get when you cross American Idol and college admission?

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<p>What one MIT admission officer does when he is tired during selection week is think about what college admission would be like if it were like the TV show American Idol. </p>

<p>[MIT</a> Idol](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_selection_process_application_reading_committee_and_decisions/mit_idol_1.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_selection_process_application_reading_committee_and_decisions/mit_idol_1.shtml)</p>

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<p>My favorite quote was from Simon
“You know when you’re at a wedding and someone has a little too much wine and gets up on stage and tries to integrate? That was you tonight.”</p>

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<p>I liked that line too. Happens at every wedding I attend. ;)</p>