Welcome again future Miners! I hope your winter is going as well as my mine is! So far mine is going fantastic! The Colorado Winter’s are tough getting used to though. I myself am from Texas, like many of you probably are, so I’ve never seen two feet of snow, much less two inches in a night. Still, after getting over the initial feeling of not wanting to get out of bed (don’t worry about me academically, it was a snow day on the way to a weekend) it was tremendous amounts of fun. It’s like I’ve never even seen snow before! At least not snow you can build a fort out of as you can see in the pictures (finally, one of me, I know).  It’s something to get used to, but once you do, it’s pretty fantastic, especially if you like skiing and/or snowboarding (I don’t, but there’s loads of opportunities to do so, including our winter carnival up at one of the local ski lodges which is $30 for food, a pass, and a shirt).

Once again tests have fallen upon Mines, but they’ve passed (and so have I) for now. It’s amazing how many resources there are on campus for everyone’s aid including, but not limited to, academic workshop, regular recitations, tutoring, study groups, and the test banks of many organizations. I couldn’t have aced those tests without the help and encouragement of my fraternity brothers in the form of tutoring and our test banks.  I’m proud to say after a long few weeks of studying, I’ve scored a pair of A’s and a high B on my first three tests of the semester. Still miffed about my economics test being on the same day as Valentine’s Day as well as Career Day, but that happens from time to time.

Speaking of Career Day, I had an absolute blast talking to people in my industry, well, people in the industry I wish to join at a later time. I have a tremendous amount of free things (including a loaf of bread from Bimbo Bakeries), as well as three interviews lined up, which is why you really need to go, even as freshmen. I’ve been told pretty directly that they like to hire people they’ve seen showing interest before, so it’s definitely good to get your name and face out there nice and early in the game, even if the odds of getting an internship aren’t terribly great your first year at Mines. Still, you do what you can in hopes of a nice line of interviews for both practice and that faint, but glimmering chance of a job this summer, and really, that’s why you are coming here. This college has a beautiful level of corporate influence that you can’t really find elsewhere which helps land a job later in your college career.  Oh, and free things. Tremendous amounts of free things. A few tips: Studying your target companies ahead of time, ask questions about projects, and engineering pads (those things are around $8) are always awesome to get and use.

And with that I bid you a good farewell, and hope you have an amazing spring break if you get that in between this and the next blog post. Also, come to Discover Mines! It’ll be a great time, and do drop in afterwards on the grocery bingo event being thrown by the ever amazing Residence Hall Association; you are most definitely invited to check out how great it is.