Search

Search Results

• Blog / Miscellaneous

  The Rapids My last day at work was bittersweet. And if there's one thing I've learned from…

  

  repeat the phrase "Don't run" about three bajillion times. And that's not really the glamorous part of the job, you know? The ten foot pool. Where I ... some awesome people and my job can be a lot of fun. Very entertaining and

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Note of Hope for Freshmen at Career Fair Yes, freshmen can find jobs!

  

  campus is already gearing up for the mad rush for jobs and free goodies ... you don’t know what business casual means, much less how to find a job ... can’t get jobs at career fairs. I can’t emphasize this enough: this

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 21, 2016
• Blog / Advice

  We can do this! To high school seniors: we’re in the struggle bus with you

  

  extra hours to apply to that extra internship and that extra job. In high ... qualified enough to get a job, and tried registering for extra classes only to ... asking ourselves “what jobs do we even want to apply to???” and are

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • October 7, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes 2.0 what i am/am i doing with my life

  

  applications. 13.HireMe (pls) Wow, trying to get a job is like a full-time job ... Here’s to a basically mid-semester check-in to what I spend my time ... the same lecture, but if I sit in office hours for enough time, it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • October 27, 2017
• Blog / Blog Projects

  8,726,400 SOS: Self-Discovery Within An Internship guest post by Grace C. '21

  

  *written by Grace C. '21 as a part of the 8,726,400 Seconds of Summer ... this much intensity. For the first time, I feel like my life is sort of ... York City. Fast-forward. It has been three weeks at my new job where I

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • June 27, 2018
• Blog / Classes

  Junior Spring From Student to Grader: My Unified Engineering Story

  

  incorrect, and which parts were missing. I think this grading job will be ... isn't until tomorrow. Jobs In addition to my four (4) classes, I also technically have four (4) jobs this semester. The first is blogging (obviously

  • by Alex M. '21
  • February 3, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Swag … I mean, Career Fair What I did not acquire at the career fair:A job.

  

  under the bed. I can see the floor of my room, for the first time in days! What I did not acquire at the MIT Career fair: A job. Yes, usually the point of a career fair is to collect job prospects, not swag. In the

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 30, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  Hello, Layover (Part Two) Electric Boog-a-loo.

  

  extended period of time, causing my 6 AM flight to leave an hour late, and ... has nothing to do with the above. I have been spending too much time on ... want to throw a heavy glass object every time I see it, which is often

  • by Keri G. '10
  • June 23, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  lord, it is time for a blog post the huge semester has gone halfway by

  

  one. The last time I posted was over two months ago. I wrote then ... conditions. It was "worse than anything I had seen in a long time." I promised ... navigating turbulent waters.  The worst part of the whole ordeal has been the

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • November 13, 2021
• Blog / Admissions

  Bye Bye Weekends, See You In April I have a love-hate relationship with reading season.

  

  probably the most important part of my job during this time. Hey, perhaps ... It's that time of year again. I have a love-hate relationship with reading season. The "love" part is that I love reading apps. I love reading

  • by Ben Jones
  • November 13, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  To tell the truth

  

  time for audience Q&A (which really is the most fun part), I ... announced to the crowd that the score was 2-0 in the second inning. That part ... score was 2-0 in favor of the Red Sox. That part, as many of you may know

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 15, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  An Experiment in Independence: PART TWO.

  

  schedule here, working a nine-to-five job, and learning a lot--I definitely ... . It's my first time. Please don't judge me too hard ... about ten times hungrier. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- And here are

  • by Allan K. '17
  • January 17, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  When September Ends on career fair, life, and other occurrences

  

  folder of resumes in the hopes of getting a dream job. There are always ... a coveted internship, job, or career. There’s SpaceX, 3M, Capital One ... , The New York Times, U.S. Department of Energy… And 400 more. They come

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • October 7, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 2 Slowing down time in the Land of Enchantment.

  

  it all: the people I spent time with, my job, the crutches I warmed up ... down time - and it's a lot simpler than trying to approach the speed of ... blurred together, and time zipped by. This summer: I got my first

  • by Anna H. '14
  • October 9, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  N.Y. Times, Page B11: “MIT Guard Shows Brains and Hoops Can Mix” Jimmy Bartolotta '09 leads the 16-5 MIT Men's Varsity Basketball team.

  

  I subscribe to the New York Times (paper edition!) and reading it on ... a high-paying Wall Street job, but rather professional basketball ... .0. He would be a sure thing to land a lucrative job in business or science

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 6, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opening doors How being an MIT cheerleader can help you get a job.

  

  first semester at MIT, I decided that it was the perfect time to apply to the internship program. I filled out my application on time (just ... really lucky I did, because I didn't get a job offer until two days before

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 23, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  But What Are They Really Looking For? My thoughts (advice) on navigating (surviving) the college application process.

  

  favorite parts of the job. If you have ever been to one of my sessions you ... difficult to leave my job in admissions since I have really enjoyed working ... prospective students. The transition happened quickly and I didn’t have time to

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • November 11, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Visual Arts @ MIT part 3 the people who make it all possible

  

  MIT. In Visual Arts @ MIT part 2, we described our niche interests in ... in the first part of this series, that allowed us to spend our freshman ... Augmented Reality on top of traditional 2D animation. The AR chair at the time

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  Coming Into My Own ft. an exciting semester and an exciting job lined up + making positive changes to…

  

  another time"]indescribably depressed[/annotation] about not having a job ... student as time has gone on, but I definitely haven't gamed the system yet ... three parts. Classes I'm super excited for my classes this semester (and

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • February 16, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Terrible Traffic Don't even THINK about bringing a car to MIT

  

  Once upon a time, in a land far far away (called New Jersey), a young man fresh out of college would drive 90 miles each way to his new job as ... time staying awake while on the road, so he would stop at the Woodrow

  • by Quinton McArthur
  • October 13, 2010