As a Massachusetts Boys Soccer Player of the Year and an All-American in high school, Dilin Meloni had choices when it came to college. He came to MIT because he knew he wanted to be an Engineer (on the field) and an engineer (off) after he read a paper from the Plasma Science and Fusion Center as a junior at Needham High School. In mid-June, Meloni, a rising senior studying nuclear science and engineering and physics, took time from his summer internship at Commonwealth Fusion Systems to discuss his role as an attacking midfielder for the Engineers, his work with the Student Athlete Advisory Council, and more. For example, MIT was very open and welcoming when I first got here. Especially for fall athletes; when you get here, it's all there in the first two weeks. Athletics help you meet students who are very much like yourself: people who come to MIT for academics but who have also dedicated so much of their lives to a sport that it's a major part of them. I think this common...
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