u/HolidayProduct1952

I had a job at LM this summer (working on high school QUEST programs), but I don't know if I should put it on my application given that it's technically a large-scale corporate weapons company..?

edit: also to add to this, I alr have 7-8 jobs/internships I am putting on the application (90% of my ecs are internships), so I was wondering how many is 'too much' if all of them are valuable to me/i could write a lot about

https://preview.redd.it/hpcvjlo0siah1.png?width=990&format=png&auto=webp&s=a36d4d48cb3caba73685b2e57579164154b2dc44

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Waist - 28"

Hip - 39"

Thigh - 23"

Rise - 10-11"

Inseam - 29"

Which ones do I get? I'm so confused about the sizing, and I am in the U.S so I unfortunately cannot try them on in person. If it helps, I am 5'4 and ~125 pounds.

Currently organizing my portfolio, and I've had a lot of questions..

1. Does a codebase/GitHub repo count as a 'media upload'? All my projects have a codebase, and I was planning on linking them onto one document and attaching that as a PDF. Would attaching all my codebases in one place as links count as 'cheating' the 25 upload limit?

2. Would combining images from similar contexts/topics into collages, and uploading that (like 2/3 photos per image) count as gaming the upload limit?

3. If I have a Google Slides write-up (~8 slides) for most of my projects, is it worth attaching those as a PDF or would that be overloading the reviewer with information and viewed as 'too much' (note some slides have images & captions of their own)

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In summary, I have a lot of documentation and detail on all my projects and I am not sure whether there is a con to uploading/providing the reviewer with as much detail and information as possible (and if there is a hypothetical limit).

Is the person assigned to view the MIT maker portfolio video also going to get access to the essays and attached media related to it? When making my video can I assume my reviewer has seen these materials?

I'm a workaholic who genuinely loves to code and engineer, and as a result, I have a LOT of internships where I've worked on pretty meaningful projects with good contributions. I know, however, MIT places an emphasis on quality>quantity, with them limiting summer & EC slots to only 4. The internship slot, I noticed, is unlimited. Would it look bad or make it seem like I'm exploiting some loophole if I add all my ECs (80% internships) to that slot (I would have ~10 total in that slot + 4 ECs + 4 summer slots). Does that make me seem like a passionate student, or does it seem artificial or performative?
I genuinely value all my work experiences and a lot of them produced very valuable projects/learning experiences for me, but I also don't want to seem like I'm throwing paint at the wall and listing every possible experience I could..

I had a 4.0 gpa up until semester 2 of my junior year. Im going to get 2 Bs this semester and one is in a double-period course so it penalizes my gpa 2x as much. Im going to retake the single period course I got a B in, and assuming I get an A in that my GPA would be a 3.95

Realistically how harmful is this going to be for college admissions? Is this drop significant enough that I need to explain it?

How much of a commitment is the program? I got accepted this year but I'm definitely going to have a few interfering/conflicting stuff, so I don't know if I can fit everything into schedule. In their email sent out to participants, they seemed pretty strict about attendance & time commitment; is this actually the case?

How much homework is there, and are students expected to be on the zoom full time 10-6pm?

Options:

1. Local lab research program; very low commitment/virtual mostly so I can likely handle this along with anything else I do. developing an AI agent
2. BWSI Microelectronics (wanna go into AI though so Idk how useful this would be)
3. Lockheed Martin internship (cyber, so also not AI); they mentioned they'd be flexibile w/ hours but its 40hrs a week so realistically cannot do this and BWSI

Aside from that I am also likely going to be volunteering + taking an online college course ~1hr a day.

Im mainly stuck between LM and BWSI, because LM seems like it would help more with a long term career/actual work experience, but ive also been applying to BWSI since freshman year and finally got into it + kinda interested in microE so.

Options:

1. Local lab research program; very low commitment/virtual mostly so I can likely handle this along with anything else I do. developing an AI agent

2. BWSI Microelectronics (wanna go into AI though so Idk how useful this would be)

3. Lockheed Martin internship (cyber, so also not AI); they mentioned they'd be flexibile w/ hours but its 40hrs a week so realistically cannot do this and BWSI

Aside from that I am also likely going to be volunteering + taking an online college course ~1hr a day.

Im mainly stuck between LM and BWSI, because LM seems like it would help more with a long term career/actual work experience, but ive also been applying to BWSI since freshman year and finally got into it + kinda interested in microE so..

I am currently a junior, and I am about to get my first semester B in Physics C. I am honestly heartbroken, and I am really worried about how it could affect admissions for me next year.

How strongly would this affect admissions (as a CS major)? I have an extenuating circumstance regarding the class/teacher that I can have my counselor explain, but I'm not really sure how much that can help.

MIT has been my dream school since middle school, and I'd truly be disappointed if it was this that got me rejected